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amnesia

[am-nee-zhuh] / æmˈni ʒə /
NOUN
memory loss
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Desperate to escape the confinement of her home life, Dilara becomes drawn to these women, and “The Renovation” delves further into the themes of emigration, amnesia and incarceration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

He claimed at the tribunal in August that he had suffered from anxiety and depression, while a union representative said he "had suffered from a recognised condition that day, known as transient global amnesia".

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Some "suffer strokes upon hearing the news, others experience insomnia and amnesia", he told AFP.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

For me, these bits and pieces of one man’s story connect to the longer and more tragic tale of the American-Afghan century, now erased in near-total amnesia.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

If I Google traumatic brain injury, most websites tell me selective amnesia is a consequence.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart