paramnesia

n.

1. A distortion of memory in which fantasy and objective experience are confused.
2. An inability to recall the meanings of common words.

(par-am-NEE-zhuh)

noun
1. A distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
2. The inability to recall the correct meaning of a word.

Etymology
New Latin, par-, amnesia.

Usage
"God's attention, then loss of attention, his control, then loss of control over the actions of the squirming and chanting boot jacks, is consistent with Ellis's discussion of paramnesia." — Dennis Ryan, `A Divine Gesture': Hemingway's complex parody of the modern, Hemingway Review, Fall 1996.

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(păr'ăm-nē'zhə)
n.

A distortion of memory in which fantasy and objective experience are confused.

disorder resembling loss of memory: deja vu

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality

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