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a condition in which a person is unable to remember things because of head injury, shock, illness, or fatigue
The concussion left him with amnesia, and he couldn't remember how he had gotten hurt.
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After his arrest, Duffy had faked amnesia and sought asylum in a psychiatric hospital, where doctors prevented the police from interrogating him, but the pretense of the amnesia was exposed at the trial by his ex-wife and a friend.
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Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Content is simply there, clogging up the arteries of streaming services and clickbait sites, offering up buffets of empty calories and almost instant amnesia.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Prognosis The prognosis depends significantly on the source of the amnesia.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 9 May 2025
But anyone who’s lived through Hollywood’s cycle of short-term amnesia knows better.
—Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Content is simply there, clogging up the arteries of streaming services and clickbait sites, offering up buffets of empty calories and almost instant amnesia.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Prognosis The prognosis depends significantly on the source of the amnesia.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 9 May 2025
But anyone who’s lived through Hollywood’s cycle of short-term amnesia knows better.
—Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for amnesia
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“Amnesia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesia. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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