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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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Recent Examples of amnesia
Abraham’s note, reflecting on The Gettin’ and the aftershocks of state violence, refused to let celebration slip into amnesia.
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Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
After waking up from a brief coma, doctors discover that Amy has partial retrograde amnesia and no recollection of the past eight years.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Retail industry history is replete with examples of such brand amnesia.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
And then as soon as the political winds start blowing another direction, there’s corporate amnesia.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
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Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
After waking up from a brief coma, doctors discover that Amy has partial retrograde amnesia and no recollection of the past eight years.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Retail industry history is replete with examples of such brand amnesia.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
And then as soon as the political winds start blowing another direction, there’s corporate amnesia.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for amnesia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amnesia
Noun
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Gideon has 42 diagnoses, including deafness, blindness, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Taken together, these triumphal and tragic elements constitute the ingredients for an epic historical narrative that defies all moralistic categories, a story rooted in the coexistence of grandeur and failure, brilliance and blindness, grace and sin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But some degree of forgetfulness is a normal part of life.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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According to her, his reaction wasn’t just forgetfulness but entitlement.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Instead, Lane attacked Wilkins, choking her into unconsciousness and cutting open her womb.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Loomis categorized the different types of brain waves into what became known as sleep states, and created a nomenclature to describe the phases of unconsciousness.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Amnesia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesia. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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