AMNESIA Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

amnesia

noun

Definition of amnesia

as in blindness

a condition in which a person is unable to remember things because of head injury, shock, illness, or fatigue The concussion left him with amnesia, and he couldn't remember how he had gotten hurt.

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Recent Examples of amnesia Backstabbing, scheming, secret children showing up to cause trouble, brainwashing, amnesia, terrorist massacres at weddings, and shoulder pads… so, so many shoulder pads. — Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Aug. 2026 Memory loss associated with ECT treatment can include retrograde amnesia, in which the patient forgets events in the weeks or months – sometimes, though rarely, even the years – prior to treatment. — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 When Tae-ha starts a fire that erupts into an explosion, a horrified Eun-sae begins to remember her life before amnesia. — Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 Over the movie’s opening weekend in theaters, however, audiences showed no such amnesia. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for amnesia

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Dench was first diagnosed in 2012 with macular degeneration, a retinal disease that erodes one’s central vision and is a leading cause of vision loss and blindness in people over 65.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Porat also highlighted a screening effort in the Global South for diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that can cause blindness if it isn’t caught early.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of blindness

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The woman’s vanity and the husband’s forgetfulness collide to sow chaos and discord in the house.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Occasional forgetfulness—like misplacing items or struggling to recall a word—is a normal part of aging, especially if the information eventually comes back.

— Danielle Zickl, HEALTH, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of forgetfulness

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Even as the actors shouted in counterfeit pain from the next room, the subjects continued to administer increasingly intense shocks they’d been told could lead to unconsciousness or even death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Critical to healthy brain functioning is a dreaming state of unconsciousness called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.

— Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

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