promnesia
prom·ne·sia
Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memoryDéjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.
UK/pɹɒmˈniː.ʒə/US/pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/
Meaning
1 senses(neologism, uncountable)Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.
Origin
Coined by philologist and psychical researcher Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901) from AncieCoined 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).
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedamnesia
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable