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Meaning of "cryptomnesia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CRYPTOMNESIA

cryptomnesia  [ˌkrɪptəmˈniːzɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRYPTOMNESIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cryptomnesia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CRYPTOMNESIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cryptomnesia

Cryptomnesia occurs when a forgotten memory returns without it being recognized as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original. It is a memory bias whereby a person may falsely recall generating a thought, an idea, a song, or a joke, not deliberately engaging in plagiarism but rather experiencing a memory as if it were a new inspiration.

Definition of cryptomnesia in the English dictionary

The definition of cryptomnesia in the dictionary is the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRYPTOMNESIA


agenesia
ˌeɪdʒəˈniːzɪə
akinesia
ˌeɪkɪˈniːzɪə
anaesthesia
ˌænɪsˈθiːzɪə
analgesia
ˌænəlˈdʒiːzɪə
anesthesia
ˌænɪsˈθiːzɪə
artemisia
ˌɑːtɪˈmiːzɪə
bradykinesia
ˌbrædɪkɪˈniːzɪə
dyskinesia
dɪskɪˈniːzɪə
easier
ˈiːzɪə
ecclesia
ɪˈkliːzɪə
freesia
ˈfriːzɪə
hyperkinesia
ˌhaɪpəkɪˈniːzɪə
hypermnesia
ˌhaɪpəmˈniːzɪə
Indonesia
ˌɪndəʊˈniːzɪə
Melanesia
ˌmɛləˈniːzɪə
Micronesia
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈniːzɪə
palingenesia
ˌpælɪndʒəˈniːzɪə
paragenesia
ˌpærədʒɪˈniːzɪə
paramnesia
ˌpæræmˈniːzɪə
synaesthesia
ˌsɪniːsˈθiːzɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRYPTOMNESIA

cryptographical
cryptographically
cryptographist
cryptography
cryptologic
cryptological
cryptologist
cryptology
cryptomeria
cryptometer
cryptomnesic
crypton
cryptonym
cryptonymous
cryptophyte
cryptophytic
cryptorchid
cryptorchidism
cryptorchism
cryptosporidium

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRYPTOMNESIA

amnesia
anterograde amnesia
atresia
Austronesia
Bahasa Indonesia
Chindonesia
Federated States of Micronesia
French Polynesia
general anaesthesia
hyperalgesia
magnesia
milk of magnesia
nemesia
Northern Rhodesia
Polynesia
retrograde amnesia
Rhodesia
selective amnesia
silesia
synesthesia

Synonyms and antonyms of cryptomnesia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cryptomnesia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRYPTOMNESIA

Find out the translation of cryptomnesia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cryptomnesia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cryptomnesia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

潜隐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

criptomnesia
570 millions of speakers

English

cryptomnesia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cryptomnesia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تذكر الخفايا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Криптомнезия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cryptomnesia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cryptomnesia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cryptomnésie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cryptomnesia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kryptomnesie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cryptomnesia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cryptomnesia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cryptomnesia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cryptomnesia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒண்ணா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रिप्टॉमनेसिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cryptomnesia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

criptomnesia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cryptomnesia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кріптомнезіі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cryptomnesia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cryptomnesia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cryptomnesia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cryptomnesia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cryptomnesia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cryptomnesia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRYPTOMNESIA»

The term «cryptomnesia» is normally little used and occupies the 141.349 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRYPTOMNESIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cryptomnesia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cryptomnesia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cryptomnesia

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRYPTOMNESIA»

Discover the use of cryptomnesia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cryptomnesia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Paradoxical Brain
Cryptomnesia. Helen Keller was an American author and political activist, whose accomplishments are amazing because she was born deaf and blind. In 1892, an 11-year-old Keller published a story called The Frost King. Readers ...
Narinder Kapur, 2011
2
Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation
Every student of abnormal psychology or psychical research knows of many cases demonstrating the occurrence of cryptomnesia. Persons have reproduced, often years later, fragments of books or other information which they had learned  ...
Ian Stevenson, 1980
3
Anomalistic Psychology: A Study of Magical Thinking
31) Cryptomnesia In cryptomnesia, the memory in question is not faulty or distorted as such. What is lacking is the recognition that it is memory. Cryptomnesia usually involves seemingly original ideas that are not or the telling of old stories as if ...
Leonard Zusne, Warren H. Jones, 2014
4
Jung in Contexts: A Reader
The alternative was to envision a novel - but unconscious - repackaging of individual memories of events and information that had long been forgotten. Cryptomnesia - "hidden memories" which later resurface in a new form and which are ...
Paul Bishop, 1999
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Encyclopedia of Human Memory [3 volumes]
In this sense, cryptomnesia also shares much with source misattribution, in which a person mistakes the source of some knowledge. In cryptomnesia, the confusion is between the self and some outside, forgotten source. The problem with ...
Annette Kujawski Taylor, PhD, 2013
6
Cryptomnesia
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
7
The Dionysian Self: C.G. Jung's Reception of Friedrich Nietzsche
1902— 10: A Case of Cryptomnesia In Zur Psychologie und Pathologie sogenannter occulter Phiinomene [On the Psychology and Pathology of So- Called Occult Phenomena], his MD Dissertation at the University of Zurich (1902) (GW1 ...
Paul Bishop, 1995
8
Coping with Minority Status: Responses to Exclusion and ...
TAB LE 14.1. Minority Members'Attitudinal Consistency Correlations Cryptomnesia Credited Influence No Influence Between Time 1 8: 2 0,7906“ 0, 8227M 0,8568“ Between Time 2 8: 3 0,9004“ —0,1751 0,2489 *1) < .05; M1) < . 01 conditions ...
Fabrizio Butera, John M. Levine, 2009
9
Jung on Art: The Autonomy of the Creative Drive
The phenomenon of cryptomnesia opened a decisive perspective in Jung's reflections on the unconscious. The term is composed of two Greek words: kruptos – hidden – and mnèmè – memory. What happens in cryptomnesia, meaning ...
Tjeu Van den Berk, 2012
10
Plagiarism, Textual Borrowing, Or Something Else?: An L2 ...
Cryptomnesia and Patchwriting Up until this point, the majority of Jen's patchwriting arose from unacknowledged source attribution of words. Ironically, however, Jen's patchwriting due to cryptomnesia - that is missing source attribution of ideas ...
Soo Jung Suh, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRYPTOMNESIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cryptomnesia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
This Weeks Hot Reads: June 17, 2015
Beginning with why we forget our dreams, Draaisma moves from cryptomnesia (a memory bias where one remembers something without it ... «Daily Beast, Jun 15»
2
Retelling Another Person's Story Can Make It Your Own
Borrowing stories may be related to cryptomnesia, in which people reproduce information from other sources as if it were their own, probably ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
3
Omarosa Manigault's Concept For Her Book 'The Bitch Switch …
Or are we dealing with Cryptomnesia, an unintentional form of 'memory bias'? Decide for yourself by reading the synopsis for the RHOM's book ... «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, May 15»
4
The Science of 'Accidental' Joke-Stealing and Plagiarism
Over the past 20 years, attempts have been made to understand through experimentation a phenomenon known as “cryptomnesia,” whereby ... «New York Magazine, May 15»
5
The Hidden Star of Obamas Cabinet
Beginning with why we forget our dreams, Draaisma moves from cryptomnesia (a memory bias where one remembers something without it ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
6
When Musicians Unintentionally Steal
There is, as it turns out, a known phenomenon, called cryptomnesia, where previously stored memories present themselves as original ... «Pacific Standard, Jan 15»
7
How do I become a forensic musicologist?
Cryptomnesia – mistaking a buried memory for an original idea – is a big problem in creativity, says Bennett. Think George Harrison, who was ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
8
Our January/February Deathbed Winner Explains His Picks
Cryptomnesia”, the ending track, took a while, but even that one I grew to appreciate as a beautifully melancholy song. thelumineersalbum. «American Songwriter, Mar 14»
9
Bosnian Rainbows - review
... between countless solo records called things like Cryptomnesia and Tychozorente – again leads Rodríguez-López somewhere new. Where ... «The Guardian, Aug 13»
10
Bosnian Rainbows - 'Bosnian Rainbows'
We may not much remember 2009's 'Xenophanes', 2009's 'Cryptomnesia', or indeed 2009's 'Solar Gambling', but 'Bosnian Rainbows' ought to ... «NME.com, Jun 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cryptomnesia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cryptomnesia>. Apr 2024 ».
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