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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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Just don’t mistake the current rally for a case of total investor amnesia.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Transient global amnesia is a sudden, temporary interruption of short-term memory.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

A World War I soldier with post-traumatic amnesia is identified as the missing husband of a Belgian woman in this intimate epic by the Dutch novelist Anjet Daanje.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

The millennial icon, as luminous as ever, plays a filthy-rich hotel heiress named Sierra Belmont, who develops amnesia after bumping her head in a skiing accident.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

There were supposed to be also instances when the spirits returned to the wrong bodies and the person suffered from amnesia.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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