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2024
cryptomnesia
cryptomnesia
English
Noun
cryptomnesia
(
uncountable
)
(
psychology
)
The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten
memory
as if it were a new experience
Related terms
cryptomnesic
cryptomnesically
Etymology
crypto-
+
amnesia
, ultimately from
French
cryptomnésie
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