promnesia

English

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).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: prŏm-nēʹzhə, prŏm-nēʹzĭ-ə
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/, /pɹɑmˈniː.zɪ.ə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɒmˈniː.ʒə/, /pɹɒmˈniː.zɪ.ə/
  • Hyphenation: prom‧ne‧sia, prom‧ne‧si‧a
  • Rhymes: -iːʒə, -iːziə

Noun

promnesia

  1. (psychology, psychiatry, neologism) déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory

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