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promnesia

/pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prom-ne-si-a
IPA
/pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined 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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/
  • British English: /pɹɒmˈniː.ʒə/

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

amnesia

Rhymes With

indonesia tunisia amnesia polynesia micronesia analgesia magnesia freesia synaesthesia cryptomnesia

Questions

How do you pronounce promnesia?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/.
What does promnesia mean?
Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.
Where does promnesia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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