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Dysnomia^¹

/dɪsˈnəʊmiə/

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

Greek The daemon (minor deity) of lawlessness, listed by Hesiod among the daughters of Eris.
Similar: Eris I Dysnomia, Eris I, 136199 Eris I Dysnomia, 136199 Eris I, S, 2005 (2003 UB313) 1, Gabrielle
The only known moon of the dwarf planet Eris.

dysnomia^²

/dɪs.ˈnoʊ̯.mi.ə/ US

noun dysnomias

countable, uncountable Anomic aphasia, a condition affecting the memory that impairs the recall of words or names. 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 aph
Similar: amnesic aphasia, amnestic aphasia, nominal aphasia
countable, uncountable Impaired or deficient ability to recall words or names. Dysnomia refers to a large group of children who talk and understand well but have difficulty with word retrieval.[…]Dysnomia is a well-established antecedent to stuttering or stammering.
countable An incident of a person not recalling a word or name. 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 sta

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name moon of Eris

한국어	디스노미아 Diseunomia
日本語	ディスノミア Disunomia
中文	迪絲諾美亞 /迪丝诺美亚 Dísīnuòměiyà
Français	Dysnomie
Ελληνικά	Δυσνομία Dysnomía
Русский	Дисно́мия Disnómija

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@misc{dysnomia_2026,
  title = {dysnomia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dysnomia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}