What does Forgetfulness mean?
Definitions for Forgetfulness
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Princeton's WordNet
forgetfulnessnoun
tendency to forget
forgetfulnessnoun
unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember
"his forgetfulness increased as he grew older"
Wiktionary
forgetfulnessnoun
The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
forgetfulnessnoun
Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
forgetfulnessnoun
Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Forgetfulnessnoun
Etymology: from forgetful.
O gentle sleep!
Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down,
And steep my senses in forgetfulness! William Shakespeare, Henry IV.All birds and beasts lie hush’d; sleep steals away
The wild desires of men and toils of day;
And brings, descending through the silent air,
A sweet forgetfulness of human care. Alexander Pope, Statius.The church of England is grievously charged with forgetfulness of her duty. Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 13.
Wikipedia
forgetfulness
Forgetting or disremembering is the apparent loss or modification of information already encoded and stored in an individual's short or long-term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalled from memory storage. Problems with remembering, learning and retaining new information are a few of the most common complaints of older adults. Studies show that retention improves with increased rehearsal. This improvement occurs because rehearsal helps to transfer information into long-term memory.Forgetting curves (amount remembered as a function of time since an event was first experienced) have been extensively analyzed. The most recent evidence suggests that a power function provides the closest mathematical fit to the forgetting function.
ChatGPT
forgetfulness
Forgetfulness is a condition characterized by the inability to remember information, events, experiences, or specific facts. It may involve difficulty recalling names, dates, facts, or actions, and is often associated with memory loss. Forgetfulness can be caused by various factors, including stress, aging, sleeping disorders, certain medications, brain injuries, or illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease. It is a common problem and may vary from mild to severe.
Webster Dictionary
Forgetfulnessnoun
the quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind
Forgetfulnessnoun
loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion
Forgetfulnessnoun
failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty
Wikidata
Forgetfulness
Forgetfulness is the tendency to forget things. It can be occasional memory lapses.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Forgetfulness in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Forgetfulness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Forgetfulness in a Sentence
The drug that heals our sorrows forgetfulness.
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.
For this invention of yours will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn it, by causing them to neglect their memory, inasmuch as, from their confidence in writing, they will recollect by the external aid of foreign symbols, and not by the internal use of their own faculties. Your discovery, therefore, is a medicine not for memory, but for recollection-for recalling to, not for keeping in mind.
That's when you start to realize -- OK, yeah, the rage, the forgetfulness, the identity crisis.
That's when Fred McNeill start to realize -- OK, yeah, the rage, the forgetfulness, the identity crisis.
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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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