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Meaning of "paramnesia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARAMNESIA

paramnesia  [ˌpæræmˈniːzɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARAMNESIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paramnesia 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 PARAMNESIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

paramnesia

Déjà vu

Déjà vu, from French, literally "already seen", is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has been experienced in the past, whether it has actually happened or not.

Definition of paramnesia in the English dictionary

The definition of paramnesia in the dictionary is a disorder of the memory or the faculty of recognition in which dreams may be confused with reality.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARAMNESIA


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARAMNESIA

parametric equalizer
parametric equations
parametric statistics
parametrical
parametrically
parametrisation
parametrise
parametrization
parametrize
paramilitary
paramo
paramoecia
paramoecium
paramorph
paramorphic
paramorphine
paramorphism
paramorphous
paramouncy
paramount

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARAMNESIA

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 paramnesia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paramnesia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARAMNESIA

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

Translator English - Chinese

记忆错误
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paramnesia
570 millions of speakers

English

paramnesia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

paramnesia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خطل الذاكرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

paramnesia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paramnesia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paramnesia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paramnesia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paramnesia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paramnesie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

paramnesia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

paramnesia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paramnesia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

paramnesia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சொற்களின் சரியான பொருளை நினைவிற்குக் கொண்டு வர இயாலாத நிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅरनेसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paramnesia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paramnesia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paramnesia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

paramnesia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paramnesia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

paramnesia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paramnesia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paramnesia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paramnesia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paramnesia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAMNESIA»

The term «paramnesia» is normally little used and occupies the 125.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAMNESIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «paramnesia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «paramnesia» 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 paramnesia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARAMNESIA»

Discover the use of paramnesia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paramnesia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Memory Disorders in Clinical Practice
'reduplicative paramnesia'. Although this form of paramnesia may be manifest in a number of ways (Weinstein, 1969), it occurs most commonly as a form of environmental reduplication. The patient may, for example, be able to name the ...
Narinder Kapur, 1994
2
Paramnesia
This thesis explores the relationship between memory and photographic representation. For the artist's MFA thesis project, Paramnesia, he recreated memories of childhood places in the form of miniature dioramas, which he photographed.
William W. Finger, 2005
3
Handbook of Psychiatry: Volume 1, General Psychopathology
Paramnesia and confabulation The term paramnesia was introduced by Krae- pelin (1886) to denote errors and illusions of memory of pathological extent. He distinguished three main varieties: (1) simple memory deceptions; (2) associative  ...
M. Shepherd, O. L. Zangwill, 1983
4
Memory Disorders in Psychiatric Practice
Since Kraepelin (1887), the international debate on paramnesia has been obscured by divergent interpretations. In France, Andre Lalande (1893) and Paul Lapie (1893) seemed to equate paramnesia with the deja vu experience.
German E. Berrios, John R. Hodges, 2000
5
Handbook of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
More recently Jospeh (1986) brought together these all these phenomena as instances of delusional misidentification syndromes. The term "reduplicative paramnesia" for places refers to the false belief that a place familiar to the patient exists ...
Gianfranco Denes, Luigi Pizzamiglio, 1999
6
Post-theory: New Directions in Criticism
Both the OED and Chambers see to it that 'deja vu' be defined as 'an illusion' or ' illusory' and both delegate the authority for such a definition to the discipline of psychology and in particular to the psychological concept of paramnesia. Thus in  ...
Martin McQuillan, 1999
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The Deja Vu Experience
Others interpreted paramnesia as a general term for a wide range of memory dysfunctions and pathologies, among which was déjà vu (Breese, 1921; Calkins, 1916; Myers, 1895; Phillips, 1913; cf. Berrios, 1995). For example, paramnesia was ...
Alan S. Brown, 2004
8
Reduplicative Paramnesia
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
9
The Brain and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral ...
Reduplicative. paramnesia. Reduplicative paramnesia is a delusional belief that a place has been duplicated. It is postulated that a combination of right posterior parietal lesion and frontal pathology leads to the development of this syndrome.
David L. Clark, Nash N. Boutros, Mario F. Mendez, 2010
10
Kaplan and Sadock's Study Guide and Self-examination Review ...
22.1 Reduplicative paramnesia is a condition of which of the following disorders: A. Dissociative identity disorder B. Dissociative fugue C. Depersonalization disorder D. Dissociative amnesia E. Deja vu 22.2 Which of the following statements ...
Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock, Ze'ev Levin, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARAMNESIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paramnesia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
You Could Wake Up Convinced You're In a Duplicate World
Or, at least, that you're in a duplicate town, house, and hospital. Reduplicative paramnesia victims believe that someone or something has ... «io9, Aug 14»
2
The Dnieper and the Lethe
... act of historical oblivion writ improbably large, one that occasionally crosses the collective psychological border between paramnesia and outright amnesia. «American Spectator, Jun 14»
3
The only thing China isn't censoring about the Tiananmen …
... not remembering things that happened (like the Nanjing massacre), the US media suffer from so-called “paramnesia”, remembering things ... «Quartz, Jun 14»
4
Film App Festival on Saturday at Hemmens in Elgin
... Luis Macias, followed by a Q&A session; "Paramnesia," a Greek action/adventure/scifi film; and the cult horror film "Night of the Living Dead. «Chicago Daily Herald, Mar 14»
5
Rare and Unusual Psychiatric Disorders
Patients suffering from reduplicative paramnesia believe that familiar places and objects in their life have been duplicated elsewhere. In one ... «ModVive, Nov 13»
6
Altars Announces "Paramnesia" Album Release
Australian act Altars will release the "Paramnesia" CD this coming September 6th, 2013 via Nuclear Winter Records. The label comments:. «Metal Underground, Jul 13»
7
Scicurious Guest Writer! Sleight of Hand, Sleight of Mind: Illusions …
In another case of Morvan's, the patient reported reduplicative paramnesia; he firmly believed that his home had been copied by a stranger and ... «Scientific American, Jan 13»
8
Video Tribute: The Five Most Memorable Post-Fight Cage …
Although Rashad seemed content to simply mumble “Yeah, yeah, we'll see” until the audience entered a state of reduplicative paramnesia, he ... «Cagepotato, Nov 12»
9
Déjà vu, ¿realidad o fantasía?
... posiblemente la disciplina que más esfuerzos realiza por explicar este proceso, un déjà vu es una alteración de la memoria (paramnesia). «InfoBAE.com, May 12»
10
How to: archive and back up photos
... cothurns handballs p's angariation desilicified shaslik gletscher diploes rankish coralbells barkary miscites preclassified paramnesia trussell ... «What Digital Camera, Sep 10»

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