paramnesia
[ par-am-nee-zhuh ]
/ ˌpær æmˈni ʒə /
noun
Psychiatry.
a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
the inability to recall the correct meaning of a word.
Words nearby paramnesia
parametrium,
parametrize,
paramilitary,
paramimia,
paramita,
paramnesia,
paramo,
paramorph,
paramorphine,
paramorphism,
paramount
Example sentences from the Web for paramnesia
It will perhaps be proper not to reduce all the phenomena of paramnesia to the same conditions.
Criminal Psychology |Hans GrossIndeed, Krpelin asserts that paramnesia occurs only under normal circumstances.
Criminal Psychology |Hans GrossWigand and Maudsley think they see in paramnesia a simultaneous functioning of both relations.
Criminal Psychology |Hans Gross
British Dictionary definitions for paramnesia
paramnesia
/ (ˌpæræmˈniːzɪə) /
noun
psychiatry
a disorder of the memory or the faculty of recognition in which dreams may be confused with reality
Medical definitions for paramnesia
paramnesia
[ păr′ăm-nē′zhə ]
n.
A distortion of memory in which fantasy and objective experience are confused.