Explore Amnesia through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like blackout. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Amnesia meaning
- Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
- Forgetfulness.
- A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.
Synonyms of Amnesia
Using Amnesia
- The main meaning on this page is: Loss of memory; forgetfulness. | Forgetfulness. | A potent sativa-dominant strain of marijuana.
- Useful related words include: memory loss, blackout, cognitive state, state of mind.
- In the example corpus, amnesia often appears in combinations such as: amnesia and, from amnesia, amnesia the.
Context around Amnesia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Amnesia
- In this selection, "amnesia" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, retrograde, anterograde, historical, collection, rebirth and provided stand out and add context to how "amnesia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amnesia the dark and a bizarre amnesia plot in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "amnesia" sits close to words such as allspring, aloft and asparagus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with amnesia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Although suffering from amnesia, Big Mom wasn't any less formidable. (11 words)
A sequel, Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs, was released in 2013. (11 words)
This state of shifting consciousness or awareness is known as post-traumatic amnesia. (13 words)
The changes also included the addition of amnesia as a symptom, which was not included in the DSM-III-R because despite being a core symptom of the condition, patients may experience "amnesia for the amnesia" and fail to report it. (41 words)
The film follows a bizarre amnesia plot, in which Ana Faris' Kate pretends to be the wife of a wealthy yacht-owning playboy after he falls off his boat and wakes up on a beach unable to remember who he is. (41 words)
Being adapted to the screen by scribe Jason Fuchs, this latest film will see Cavill assume the role of a world-class spy suffering from amnesia who is tricked into believing that he is a best-selling novelist. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The changes also included the addition of amnesia as a symptom, which was not included in the DSM-III-R because despite being a core symptom of the condition, patients may experience "amnesia for the amnesia" and fail to report it.
Unlike retrograde amnesia (which is popularly referred to simply as "amnesia", the state where someone forgets events before brain damage), dissociative amnesia is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.
For the second half of October, the focus appears to be on delivering horror experiences, such as Amnesia: Collection, Amnesia: Rebirth, and Soma.
Amnesia was replaced when it became clear that the risk of false negative diagnoses was low because amnesia was central to DID.
His subsequent total anterograde amnesia and partial retrograde amnesia provided the first evidence for the localization of memory function, and further clarified the differences between declarative and procedural memory.
Although suffering from amnesia, Big Mom wasn't any less formidable.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent's impact on the horror genre, it's been almost two decades since its initial release.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent was released for the PC back in 2010, before later making it to various other platforms.
A sequel, Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs, was released in 2013.
Being adapted to the screen by scribe Jason Fuchs, this latest film will see Cavill assume the role of a world-class spy suffering from amnesia who is tricked into believing that he is a best-selling novelist.
But perhaps neither amnesia nor arrogance can fully account for the renewed effort to attack equality in California.
Esme has always been conniving, so plenty of people have doubted that she even had amnesia to begin with.
It sounds like some amnesia drama is brewing that’ll get Nina off the hook for her SEC tipoff temporarily.
Please don't have temporary amnesia in the near future, because the names replacing him will be big.
Policies that embrace censorship and historical amnesia force students into the fog of a present without a past, a manufactured ignorance covered over in the blatantly anti-intellectual claim to make people comfortable.
Redditor he literally kidnaps a woman with amnesia, turns her into a servant, tortures her, and eventually sleeps with her.
The film follows a bizarre amnesia plot, in which Ana Faris' Kate pretends to be the wife of a wealthy yacht-owning playboy after he falls off his boat and wakes up on a beach unable to remember who he is.
There has developed a historical amnesia about the many Islamic traditions, especially Persian, Turkish and Indian, which have celebrated portrayals of Muhammad; portrayals found in manuscripts, paintings, postcards, even in mosques.
This state of shifting consciousness or awareness is known as post-traumatic amnesia.
Told in reverse chronological order, it's the story of a man with anterograde amnesia tracking down the man who murdered his wife.
Common combinations with amnesia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- amnesia and 11×
- from amnesia 10×
- amnesia the 8×
- amnesia is 8×
- amnesia for 6×
- historical amnesia 6×
- of amnesia 5×
- retrograde amnesia 5×
- with amnesia 5×
- as amnesia 4×