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Dysnomia

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /dɪsˈnəʊmiə/
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1

name

Meaning 1

The daemon (minor deity) of lawlessness, listed by Hesiod among the daughters of Eris.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Greek

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The only known moon of the dwarf planet Eris.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Anomic aphasia, a condition affecting the memory that impairs the recall of words or names.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Examples

  • 2013, Annette Kujawski Taylor, Dysnomia, entry in Annette Kujawski Taylor (editor), Encyclopedia of Human Memory, ABC-CLIO (Greenwood), page 404, Dysnomia is a disorder in which a person has difficulty naming people or objects. Some sources consider it a milder form of anomia, which is a type of aphasia, or disorder of language. Dysnomia seems to be more clearly memory related and specifically related to a retrieval deficit. Presented with an object, most people who suffer from dysnomia can describe the object, talk about how it can be used, and what category of objects it falls into. However, they are unable to come up with the name for it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia, nominal aphasia

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 4

Impaired or deficient ability to recall words or names.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: developmental psychology

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, neurology, neuroscience, psychology, sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

An incident of a person not recalling a word or name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • 1977, J. Gordon Millichap (editor), Learning Disabilities and Related Disorders, Year Book Medical Publishers, page 49, Though we have no statistical data to back it up, our impression has been that medication prescribed for a child's behavioral problems, or for seizure control, sometimes have a stabilizing effect on these episodic dysnomias.
  • 2012, Roberta F. White, Frederic E. Rose, The Boston Process Approach, Gerald Goldstein, Theresa M. Incagnoli (editors), Contemporary Approaches to Neuropsychological Assessment, Plenum Press, page 183, For this reason we have developed an ancillary 40-item naming test, the Diamond Naming Test (DNT) (Diamond, Diamond, & White, 1987), using lower frequency names to explore subtle dysnomias in such subjects (items include targets such as andirons).

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δυσνομία (Dusnomía, literally “lawlessness”), from δύσνομος (dúsnomos, “lawless”).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: Դիսնոմիա (Disnomia) — moon of Eris
  • Bulgarian: Дисно́мия (Disnómija) — moon of Eris
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迪絲諾美亞 /迪丝诺美亚 (Dísīnuòměiyà) — moon of Eris
  • French: Dysnomie — moon of Eris
  • Georgian: დისნომია (disnomia) — moon of Eris
  • Greek: Δυσνομία (Dysnomía) — moon of Eris
  • Japanese: ディスノミア (Disunomia) — moon of Eris
  • Korean: 디스노미아 (Diseunomia) — moon of Eris
  • Marathi: डिस्नोमिया (ḍisnomiyā) — moon of Eris
  • Russian: Дисно́мия (Disnómija) — moon of Eris
  • Ukrainian: Дизно́мія (Dyznómija) — moon of Eris
  • Welsh: Dysnomia — moon of Eris