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Synonyms for forgetfulness
for·get·ful·ness
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
forgetfulness
Synonyms:
oblivion, obliviousness, oversight, unconsciousnessAntonyms:
memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence, retrospect, retrospection
Princeton's WordNet
forgetfulnessnoun
tendency to forget
forgetfulnessnoun
unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember
"his forgetfulness increased as he grew older"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
forgetfulnessnoun
Synonyms:
aptness to forget, failure of memoryforgetfulnessnoun
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OBLIVIONforgetfulnessnoun
Synonyms:
negligence, inattention, carelessness, heedlessness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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List of paraphrases for "forgetfulness":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#10114 | oversight | |
#21253 | oblivion | |
#23309 | distraction | |
#56268 | unconsciousness | |
#63328 | forgetfulness | |
#260976 | obliviousness |
How to use forgetfulness in a sentence?
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. The soul that rises with us, our life's star, hath had elsewhere its setting, and comet from afar: not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, but trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home.
Forgetfulness generates the meaning of regeneration.
Most common symptoms are headaches in the back of the head or upper part of the neck, and more serious symptoms are things like numbness or tingling around the face or tongue, weakness in arms or legs, difficulty swallowing, poor balance, difficulty walking and cognitive complaints like episodes of forgetfulness or episodes of unusual behavior.
That's when Fred McNeill start to realize -- OK, yeah, the rage, the forgetfulness, the identity crisis.
That's the main symptoms, and, forgetfulness.
Translations for forgetfulness
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- نسيانArabic
- zapomnětlivostCzech
- desmemoriadoSpanish
- فراموشیPersian
- muistamattomuus, huonomuistisuus, hajamielisyys, unohtaminen, unohtelu, unohdus, muistinmenetysFinnish
- feledékenységHungarian
- oblivio, immemoratio, obliviumLatin
- aizmirstība, aizmāršība, aizmirsībaLatvian
- glemsomhet, forglemmelseNorwegian
- vergeetachtigheid, vergetelheidDutch
- esquecimentoPortuguese
- забывчивостьRussian
- minnesförlust, glömskaSwedish
- మరుపుTelugu
- unutkanlıkTurkish
- فراموشیUrdu
- 健忘Chinese
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