Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Exceptionally exact or vivid memory, especially as associated with certain mental illnesses.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Unusual power of recollection.
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- noun psychology An
elevated level ofmemory recall .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Another distortion of memory is called hypermnesia.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Another distortion of memory is called hypermnesia.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Another distortion of memory is called hypermnesia.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Some of the processes that have taken hypnoanalysis charactristics for solo runs include The Journey Process by Brandon Bays (a snarfing of core transformation, partial imagined hypermnesia, and time line) and Core Transformation by Connirae Andreas (a very nice take on parts therapy that goes to the heart of the matter).
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Not the same as deliberate fraud, hypermnesia can play havoc with our ability to give accurate testimony.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Not the same as deliberate fraud, hypermnesia can play havoc with our ability to give accurate testimony.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Not the same as deliberate fraud, hypermnesia can play havoc with our ability to give accurate testimony.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Or, run yourself through a full-on revivification of a past event, not hypermnesia but an actual re-experience.
Life of Brian: 2004
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Or, run yourself through a full-on revivification of a past event, not hypermnesia but an actual re-experience.
Is all hypnosis self-hypnosis? Is all self-hypnosis hypnosis? 2004
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“This hypermnesia—is that the function of a particular alter, do you know?”
The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001
whichbe commented on the word hypermnesia
The condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
August 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word hypermnesia
I remember when whichbe made that comment. He was wearing a blue suit and typing with one hand while holding a cup of echinacea herbal tea in the other. One ant, who gave the alias of 'Joe' but refused to reveal his fixed abode, was crawling up his left leg.
November 30, 2008
qms commented on the word hypermnesia
Since Jeopardy! is his ecclesia
To live all alone is just easier.
A partner distracts
From gathering facts,
The food of his mad hypermnesia.
January 23, 2016