amnesia
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
partial or total loss of memory
he has a total blackout for events of the evening
Types & categories
- cognitive state hypernym
- anterograde amnesia hyponym
- retrograde amnesia hyponym
- forgetfulness hyponym
- selective amnesia hyponym
- transient global amnesia hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | amnesiac |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | amnesic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive state |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anterograde amnesia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrograde amnesia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | forgetfulness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | selective amnesia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transient global amnesia |