prosopagnosia
/ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A normal person can name someone from facial features alone, even if the features have changed substantially over the years. People with prosopagnosia are not able to make this association, but have few other neurological symptoms other than a loss of some part of the visual field."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon) Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Ancient Greek [Term?] Ancient Greek ἀγνώς (agnṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía)lbor. German Agnosie German Prosopagnosiebor. English prosopagnosia Borrowed from German Prosopagnosie (see there for more). By surface analysis, prosop- + agnosia.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/
- British English: /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/
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Phrases
acquired prosopagnosia
congenital prosopagnosia
developmental prosopagnosia
hereditary prosopagnosia
super recogniser