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