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forgetfulness
for·get·ful F0261200 (fər-gĕt′fəl, fôr-)adj.1. Tending or likely to forget.2. Marked by neglectful or heedless failure to remember: forgetful of one's responsibilities.3. Causing one to be unable to remember.
for·get′ful·ly adv.for·get′ful·ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | forgetfulness - tendency to forgetamnesia, memory loss, blackout - partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening"senior moment - a momentary lapse of memory (especially in older people) | | 2. | forgetfulness - unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember; "his forgetfulness increased as he grew older"obliviousness, oblivion - total forgetfulness; "he sought the great oblivion of sleep"unawareness, unknowingness - unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention |
forgetfulnessnoun absent-mindedness, oblivion, inattention, carelessness, abstraction, laxity, laxness, dreaminess, obliviousness, lapse of memory, heedlessness, woolgathering Her forgetfulness is due to advancing age.forgetfulnessnounFreedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness:escape, oblivion, obliviousness.TranslationsdimenticanzaobliosmemoratezzaзабывчивостьForgetfulness
ForgetfulnessSee also Carelessness.Absent-Minded Beggar, Theballad of forgetful soldiers who fought in the Boer War. [Br. Lit.: “The Absent-Minded Beg-gars” in Payton, 3]absent-minded professorpersonification of one too contemplative to execute practical tasks. [Pop. Culture: Misc.]jujubecauses loss of memory and desire to return home. [Classical Myth.: Leach, 561–562]Letheriver of Hades which induced forgetfulness. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 687; Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost; Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]limboplace or condition of neglect and inattention (from Dante). [Western Folklore: Espy, 124]LotophagiAfrican people, eaters of an amnesia-inducing fruit. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey; Br. Lit.: “The Lotus-Eaters” in Norton, 733–736]Madison, Percival Wemyscharacter who no longer remembers his name. [Br. Lit.: Lord of the Flies]somadrug that induces forgetfulness. [Br. Lit.: Brave New World]Winkle, Rip Vanawakening from 20 years’ sleep, forgets how things have changed. [Am. Lit.: Sketch Book, Payton, 574]forgetfulness
forgetfulness The usual natural consequence of inattention or of overburdening a well-stocked mind with trivia. Failure to retrieve a memory becomes more likely the larger the number of similar memories that depend on the same cues. Abnormal (pathological) forgetfulness is the main feature of DEMENTIA and of AMNESIA. forme fruste, a disease at an early stage, or arrested by treatment, prior to the development of its full characteristics.forgetfulness
Synonyms for forgetfulnessnoun absent-mindednessSynonyms- absent-mindedness
- oblivion
- inattention
- carelessness
- abstraction
- laxity
- laxness
- dreaminess
- obliviousness
- lapse of memory
- heedlessness
- woolgathering
Synonyms for forgetfulnessnoun freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantnessSynonyms- escape
- oblivion
- obliviousness
Words related to forgetfulnessnoun tendency to forgetRelated Words- amnesia
- memory loss
- blackout
- senior moment
noun unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to rememberRelated Words- obliviousness
- oblivion
- unawareness
- unknowingness
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