selective amnesia
səˈlɛktɪv æmˈniːʒə
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Definition of selective amnesia - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

1.
partial memory lossTECH.memory loss affecting only certain events or informationTECH.
  • After the accident, she had selective amnesia and couldn't remember the crash.
2.
psychologyTECH.intentional forgetting of specific events or factsTECH.
  • He claimed selective amnesia when asked about the missing funds.
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Expressions with selective

selective hearingn.
tendency to ignore certain sounds or information
He has selective hearing when it comes to chores.
selective memoryn.
biased recollection of events favoring certain memories
Her selective memory only recalls the good times.
selective informationn.
information chosen to influence perception or decision-making
The report contained selective information to sway public opinion.
selective servicen.
system for selecting men for military service
He registered for selective service at eighteen.
selective attentionn.
focusing on a specific object or task
Selective attention helps students concentrate on their studies.
selective breedingn.
planned mating of organisms to increase preferred traits in future generations
Selective breeding produced cows that give more milk than their ancestors.

Expressions with amnesia

collective amnesian.
situation where a group forgets or ignores past events together
The country suffered from collective amnesia about its past mistakes.
anterograde amnesian.
inability to form new memories after a specific event
After the accident, he suffered from anterograde amnesia, unable to recall any new events.
infantile amnesian.
inability to recall memories from early childhood
Infantile amnesia explains why I can't remember my first birthday.
posttraumatic amnesian.
loss of memory after a traumatic event
After the accident, he suffered from posttraumatic amnesia.
posthypnotic amnesian.
forgetting events during hypnosis
After the session, she experienced posthypnotic amnesia and couldn't recall the events.
retrograde amnesian.
loss of memory for events before a specific incident
He suffered retrograde amnesia after the accident.
transient global amnesian.
brief episode of impaired recall, often with confusion, usually in older people
Doctors diagnosed transient global amnesia after his sudden memory loss.

Terms related to selective amnesia

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selectamnesiabraincognitionforgetfulnessmemory lossneurologyrecallrecollectiondenialfactsforgetting

Examples of selective amnesia in a sentence

  • Selective amnesia caused her to lose specific childhood memories.
  • She developed selective amnesia about the embarrassing incident.
  • Selective amnesia seemed to affect his memory of the argument.

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  1. French:amnésie sélective, ...
  2. German:selektive Amnesie, ...
  3. Italian:amnesia selettiva, ...
  4. Spanish:amnesia selectiva, ...
  5. Portuguese:amnésia seletiva, ...
  6. Chinese:选择性失忆, 选择性遗忘, ...
  7. Japanese:選択的健忘症, 意図的な記憶喪失, ...
  8. Arabic:فِقْدَان الذَّاكِرَة الاِنْتِقَائِي, ...
  9. Hebrew:אוֹבְדַן זִכָּרוֹן סֶלֶקְטִיבִי, אַמְנֶזְיָה בְּרֵרָנִית, ...
  10. Russian:селективная амнезия, ...
  11. Ukrainian:селективна амнезія, навмисне забування, ...
  12. Hindi:चयनात्मक भूलने की बीमारी, ...

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