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.

Origin of paramnesia

From New Latin, dating back to 1885–90; see origin at par-, amnesia

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 Gross
  • Indeed, Krpelin asserts that paramnesia occurs only under normal circumstances.

    Criminal Psychology |Hans Gross
  • Wigand 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-nēzhə ]

n.

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