English Explanatory Dictionary

damnatio memoriae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A posthumous punishment for traitors etc. by which they were effectively erased from history by having their works undone and any mention of their name forbidden.

Pronunciation

/damˌnɑːtɪ.əʊ mɪˈmɔːrɪ.aɪ/ /damˌneɪʃ(ɪ)əʊ mɪˈmɔːrɪ.iː/ /dæmˌnɑti.oʊ məˈmɔri.aɪ/ /dæmˌneɪʃ(i)oʊ məˈmɔri.i/

Word forms

damnatio memoriae

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin damnātiō memoriae (literally “condemnation of memory”).

Synonyms

damnation of memory
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