memory loss

Noun

Meaning

partial or total loss of memory

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

lethe dementia amnesia fugue forgetfulness blackout blankness absentmindedness

Antonyms

memory recollection

Hypernyms

state of mind cognitive state

Hyponyms

forgetfulness retrograde amnesia anterograde amnesia posttraumatic amnesia selective amnesia transient global amnesia

Examples

It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most. David Brooks

I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading. Pat Bowlen

My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what was being lost. One of my earliest poems, 'Give and Take,' was about my Aunt Sugar, how I was losing her to her memory loss. Natasha Trethewey

Memory loss is one way of coping with damage. Jeanette Winterson

As it is possible that the memory loss of senile dementia may stem from a deficiency of 'memory peptide', obesity may result from a deficiency of either bombesin, somatostatin, cholecystokinen, gastrin, or insulin. Richard Bergland

he has a total blackout for events of the evening Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

memory leak memory like a sieve memory like an elephant memory map memory metal memory of