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forgetfulness

DEFINITIONS OF: forgetfulness

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n tendency to forget

Types:
senior moment
a momentary lapse of memory (especially in older people)
Type of:
amnesia, blackout, memory loss
partial or total loss of memory

n unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember

“his forgetfulness increased as he grew older”
Types:
oblivion, obliviousness
total forgetfulness
Type of:
unawareness, unknowingness
unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention
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