amnesia
/æmˈniːʒə/
noun
- A condition in which a person loses their memory, either partially or completely.
- Temporary amnesia can be caused by a head injury or severe emotional shock.
- The movie is about a man with amnesia who tries to piece together his past.
- After the accident, she suffered from amnesia and couldn't remember her own name.
- A figurative forgetting or ignoring of something, especially a past event or fact.
- The country seems to have developed a kind of historical amnesia about its colonial past.
- The company's amnesia about its earlier safety violations angered the public.
- Many voters have a convenient amnesia when it comes to broken campaign promises.
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