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prosopagnosia

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊʒə/
  • UK: /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊzɪə/
  • UK: /ˌpɹɒsəpaɡˈnəʊsɪə/
  • US: /ˌpɹɑsoʊpæɡˈnoʊʒə/
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noun

Meaning 1

A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: face blindness, PA

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3-der. Ancient Greek [Term?] Ancient Greek ἀγνώς (agnṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía)lbor. German Agnosie German Prosopagnosiebor. English prosopagnosia Borrowed from German Prosopagnosie (see there for more). By surface analysis, prosop- + agnosia.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: prozopaqnoziya — disorder of face perception
  • Bulgarian: прозопагнозия (prozopagnozija) — disorder of face perception
  • Catalan: prosopagnòsia — disorder of face perception
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臉盲症 /脸盲症 (liǎnmáng zhèng) — disorder of face perception
  • Czech: prosopagnosie — disorder of face perception
  • Dutch: prosopagnosie — disorder of face perception
  • Finnish: kasvosokeus — disorder of face perception
  • French: prosopagnosie — disorder of face perception
  • German: Prosopagnosie — disorder of face perception
  • Greek: προσωπαγνωσία (prosopagnosía) — disorder of face perception
  • Hebrew: פרוסופגנוזיה — disorder of face perception
  • Hungarian: prozopagnózia — disorder of face perception
  • Hungarian: arcvakság — disorder of face perception
  • Icelandic: andlitsókenni — disorder of face perception
  • Italian: prosopoagnosia — disorder of face perception
  • Japanese: 相貌失認症 (sōbō shitsuninshō) — disorder of face perception
  • Luxembourgish: Prosopagnosie — disorder of face perception
  • Macedonian: просопагнозија (prosopagnozija) — disorder of face perception
  • Malayalam: മുഖാന്ധത (mukhāndhata) — disorder of face perception
  • Norwegian: prosopagnosi — disorder of face perception
  • Polish: prozopagnozja — disorder of face perception
  • Portuguese: prosopagnosia — disorder of face perception
  • Russian: прозопагнозия (prozopagnozija) — disorder of face perception
  • Slovak: prosopagnózia — disorder of face perception
  • Slovene: prozopagnozija — disorder of face perception
  • Spanish: prosopagnosia — disorder of face perception
  • Swedish: prosopagnosi — disorder of face perception
  • Thai: ภาวะไม่รู้ใบหน้า (paa-wá mâi róo bai nâa) — disorder of face perception
  • Turkish: prosopagnozi — disorder of face perception
  • Ukrainian: прозопагнозія (prozopahnozija) — disorder of face perception