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.
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Vogue, 8 Apr. 2022
Vogue, 8 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anamnesis
Noun
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That memory became the blueprint for Doble Reina: pieces that are tactile, warm, ambiguous and deeply personal.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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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
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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
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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 15 Jul. 2025.
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