promnesia

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promnesia

/pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/ US
/pɹɑmˈniː.zɪ.ə/ US
/pɹɒmˈniː.ʒə/ UK
/pɹɒmˈniː.zɪ.ə/ UK

Rhymes with -iːʒə, -iːziə

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Coined by philologist and psychical researcher Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901) from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “pre-, before”) + μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) + -ία (-ía) on the model of amnesia, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”). Compare Greek προμνησία (promnisía).

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neologism, uncountable Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.

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@misc{promnesia_2026,
  title = {promnesia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/promnesia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}