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The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
tendency to forget
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: amnesia, memory loss, blackout
Narrower terms: senior moment
unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his forgetfulness increased as he grew older
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unknowingness, unawareness
Narrower terms: obliviousness, oblivion
From Middle English forgetfulnes, forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse, equivalent to forgetful + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
zapomnětlivost
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Danish:
glemsomhed
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Dutch:
vergeetachtigheid
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Dutch:
vergetelheid
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Esperanto:
forgesemo
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Finnish:
muistamattomuus
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Finnish:
huonomuistisuus
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Finnish:
hajamielisyys
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Finnish:
unohtelu
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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French:
étourderie
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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German:
Vergesslichkeit
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Ancient Greek:
ἐπιλησμονή
(epilēsmonḗ)
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Hindi:
भुलावट
(bhulāvaṭ)
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Hindi:
फ़रामोशी
(farāmośī)
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Hindi:
भुलक्कड़पन
(bhulakkaṛpan)
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Hungarian:
feledékenység
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Latin:
oblivio
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Latin:
oblivium
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Latin:
immemoratio
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Latvian:
aizmāršība
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Manchu:
ᠣᠩᡤᠣᠰᡠ
(onggosu)
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Norwegian Bokmål:
glemsomhet
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
gløymske
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Polish:
amnezja
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Polish:
niepamięć
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Portuguese:
esquecimento
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Russian:
забы́вчивость
(zabývčivostʹ)
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Spanish:
desmemoria
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Spanish:
mala memoria
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Spanish:
poca memoria
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Spanish:
memoria de pollo
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Swedish:
glömska
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Tamil:
மறதி
(maṟati)
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Telugu:
మరుపు
(marupu)
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Turkish:
unutkanlık
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Urdu:
فراموشی
(farāmōshī)
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Welsh:
anghofrwydd
— proneness to let slip from the mind
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Finnish:
unohdus
— loss of remembrance
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Finnish:
muistinmenetys
— loss of remembrance
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Finnish:
unohtaminen
— loss of remembrance
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French:
oubli
— loss of remembrance
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German:
Vergessen
— loss of remembrance
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German:
Vergessenheit
— loss of remembrance
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Ancient Greek:
λήθη
(lḗthē)
— loss of remembrance
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Latin:
oblivio
— loss of remembrance
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Latin:
oblivium
— loss of remembrance
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Latvian:
aizmirstība
— loss of remembrance
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Norwegian Bokmål:
glemsomhet
— loss of remembrance
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Portuguese:
esquecimento
— loss of remembrance
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Portuguese:
olvido
— loss of remembrance
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Spanish:
olvido
— loss of remembrance
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Spanish:
pérdida de memoria
— loss of remembrance
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Swedish:
minnesförlust
— loss of remembrance
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Tamil:
மறதி
(maṟati)
— loss of remembrance
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Welsh:
angof
— loss of remembrance
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Danish:
forglemmelse
— failure to bear in mind
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Finnish:
unohdus
— failure to bear in mind
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Finnish:
unohtaminen
— failure to bear in mind
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German:
Vergessenheit
— failure to bear in mind
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Latvian:
aizmirsība
— failure to bear in mind
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Norwegian Bokmål:
forglemmelse
— failure to bear in mind
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
forgløyming
— failure to bear in mind
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Portuguese:
esquecimento
— failure to bear in mind
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Portuguese:
olvido
— failure to bear in mind
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Spanish:
desmemoria
— failure to bear in mind
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Spanish:
mala memoria
— failure to bear in mind
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Spanish:
poca memoria
— failure to bear in mind
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Spanish:
memoria de pollo
— failure to bear in mind
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Swedish:
glömska
— failure to bear in mind
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Tamil:
கவனக்குறைவு
(kavaṉakkuṟaivu)
— failure to bear in mind
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Welsh:
anghofrwydd
— failure to bear in mind
