Memory Flashcards
amnesia /um-nee-zhuh/, /amˈniːzɪə/
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Most politicians tend to suffer from selective amnesia once they get elected - they conveniently forget the promises they made to their voters during election time!
they were suffering from amnesia
(n.)
complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc - a partial or total loss of memory:.
amnesiac /-zɪak/ (n., adj.), amnesic (adj.,noun)
in memoriam /in muh-mohr-ee-uhm/, /ˌɪn mɪˈmɔːrɪam/
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an openly revolutionary work in memoriam Che Guevara (prep.)
(n.)
Often found on tombstones and obituaries, “in memoriam” is a Latin phrase, which means, in memory (of); to the memory (of); as a memorial (to)
misremember /mɪsrɪˈmɛmbə/ /mis-ri-mem-ber/
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“As early as I can remember, my life was defined by movies,” he writes. This, then, is a version of the story of his life filtered through the movies he saw at the time. He admits that just as people misremember films, he’s probably misremembered bits of his life, but says that if the memory persists it evolves its own reality. People identify with and understand movies in such strange and personal ways that I do think films, in the end, are like memories, and the way in which you interpret and process th ose memories…” he drifts off.
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all this sounds fanciful and is perhaps misremembered
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unless I misremember, you didn’t leave alone
(v.)
to remember incorrectly, to fail to remember; to forget
reminiscence /rem-uh-nis-uh ns/, /rɛmɪˈnɪs(ə)ns/
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It suddenly dawned on Paula, that the amount of mental energy she was dissipating in reminiscing her past, could actually be put to better use by living in the present and better planning for her future.
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his reminiscences of his early days in Parliament
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his story made me smile in reminiscence
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his first works are too full of reminiscences of earlier poetry
the act or process of recalling past experiences, events - a mental impression retained and revived - something that recalls or suggest something else
reminisce (verb), reminiscent (adj), reminiscential (adj.)
(n.)
retard /ˈriːtɑːd/
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a person who has a mental disability (often used as a general term of abuse) - offensive slang for a mentally disabled person
**retardation (n.), retarder (n.), retardment (n.)( rare) **
confabulate /kuh n-fab-yuh-leyt / /kənˈfabjʊleɪt/
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Unable to recall details from the shocking events of the hijacking attempt, some of the victims confabulated occurrences, their mind intervening to create events that never happened. Thus it was a challenge for the investigation committee to put together one coherent report of the incident.
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she could be heard on the telephone confabulating with someone.
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she has lapses in attention and concentration—she may be confabulating a little.
to converse informally; chat. (Psychiatry) to fill in gaps in one’s memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.
confabulation (n.), confabulatory (adj.)
