as in memory
a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered an extended, highly fruitful anamnesis that was triggered by the simple act of biting into a madeleine

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Recent Examples of anamnesis The white horse and classic car tricked out with chandeliers are obviously fantastic; more coded are the homages to the 2000s, which the twenty-somethings involved seem to have anamnesis for. Vogue, 8 Apr. 2022
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Noun
  • That memory became the blueprint for Doble Reina: pieces that are tactile, warm, ambiguous and deeply personal.
    Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Tyson said seeing people going to jail for these offenses was an unfortunate memory of his childhood.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • This has dramatic implications for legal proceedings, the spread of misinformation and our ability to trust our own recollections.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • In touch with the album's theme of recollection, Phantogram wrote some new songs for the record from scratch, but also pulled from their ever-growing file of song ideas running throughout their career.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

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“Anamnesis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anamnesis. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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