English Explanatory Dictionary

promnesia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.

Pronunciation

prŏm-nēʹzhə prŏm-nēʹzĭ-ə /pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/ /pɹɑmˈniː.zɪ.ə/ /pɹɒmˈniː.ʒə/ /pɹɒmˈniː.zɪ.ə/

Word forms

promnesia

Etymology

Coined by philologist and psychical researcher Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901) from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “pre-, before”) + μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) + -ία (-ía) on the model of amnesia, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”). Compare Greek προμνησία (promnisía).

Related words

amnesia
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