Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Loss of the ability to interpret sensory stimuli, such as sounds or images.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
agnœea .
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- noun The
inability torecognize objects by use of thesenses .
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- noun inability to recognize objects by use of the senses
Etymologies
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Examples
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For him, the agnosia - the term agnosia is used for a situation in which one sees something clearly but one can't ascribe any meaning to it, you can't recognize it.
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For him, the agnosia - the term agnosia is used for a situation in which one sees something clearly but one can't ascribe any meaning to it, you can't recognize it.
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For him, the agnosia - the term agnosia is used for a situation in which one sees something clearly but one can't ascribe any meaning to it, you can't recognize it.
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For him, the agnosia - the term agnosia is used for a situation in which one sees something clearly but one can't ascribe any meaning to it, you can't recognize it.
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For him, the agnosia - the term agnosia is used for a situation in which one sees something clearly but one can't ascribe any meaning to it, you can't recognize it.
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For him, the agnosia - the term agnosia is used for a situation in which one sees something clearly but one can't ascribe any meaning to it, you can't recognize it.
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For him, the agnosia - the term agnosia is used for a situation in which one sees something clearly but one can't ascribe any meaning to it, you can't recognize it.
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For him, the agnosia - the term agnosia is used for a situation in which one sees something clearly but one can't ascribe any meaning to it, you can't recognize it.
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For him, the agnosia - the term agnosia is used for a situation in which one sees something clearly but one can't ascribe any meaning to it, you can't recognize it.
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For him, the agnosia - the term agnosia is used for a situation in which one sees something clearly but one can't ascribe any meaning to it, you can't recognize it.
oroboros commented on the word agnosia
Cf. jamais vu.
September 13, 2008
mollusque commented on the word agnosia
All his books described some flavor of agnosia — blindness to objects, blindness to places, blindness to age or expression or gaze.
--Richard Powers, 2007, The Echo Maker, p. 148
November 7, 2008
seanahan commented on the word agnosia
Also, face blindness or prosopagnosia.
November 10, 2008
laconic commented on the word agnosia
After an hour at MOMA, cantankerous modern paintings lose their edge and the viewer fights the onset of absolute agnosia and boredom.
June 11, 2009
fidardorist commented on the word agnosia
Kudos to laconic. May have to filch that usage sometime.
June 12, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word agnosia
JM knows agnosia would be dreadful for a reason he can't recall at the moment.
February 14, 2010
qms commented on the word agnosia
We are bound by all we discern,
Delighting in what we should spurn.
The guru's symposia
Will induce agnosia -
To transcend we first must unlearn.
February 23, 2016