Paramnesia


[par-am-nee-zhuh] /ˌpær æmˈni ʒə/

noun
1.
Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
2.
the inability to recall the correct meaning of a word.
/ˌpæræmˈniːzɪə/
noun
1.
(psychiatry) a disorder of the memory or the faculty of recognition in which dreams may be confused with reality

paramnesia par·am·ne·sia (pār’ām-nē’zhə)
n.
A distortion of memory in which fantasy and objective experience are confused.

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