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Forgetfulness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Forgetfulness has 2 senses
- forgetfulness(n = noun.cognition) Array - tendency to forget; Array is a kind of amnesia, blackout, memory loss
- forgetfulness(n = noun.cognition) Array - unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember; "his forgetfulness increased as he grew older" has particulars: oblivion, obliviousness
has particulars: senior moment
Derived form adjective forgetful1
is a kind of unawareness, unknowingness
Derived forms adjective forgetful3, adjective forgetful2
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Forgetfulness, n.
- The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind. [1913 Webster]
- Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. [1913 Webster]"A sweet forgetfulness of human care." [1913 Webster]
- Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.
Syn. -- Forgetfulnes, Oblivion.
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Forgetfulness
n. A gift of God bestowed upon doctors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.THESAURUS
Forgetfulness
abandon, careless abandon, carelessness, casualness, cursoriness, disregardfulness, easiness, hastiness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, indifference, insouciance, lack of foresight, laziness, lethe, oblivion, obliviousness, offhandedness, perfunctoriness, recklessness, regardlessness, sprezzatura, tactlessness, thoughtlessness, unaccommodatingness, unheedfulness, unhelpfulness, unmindfulness, unobligingness, unpreparedness, unreadiness, unsolicitousness, unsolicitude, unthinkingness, unthoughtfulnessROGET THESAURUS
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Oblivion
N oblivion, obliviousness, lethe, forgetfulness, amnesia, obliteration of &c, insensibility to the past, short memory, treacherous memory, poor memory, loose memory, slippery memory, failing memory, decay of memory, failure of memory, lapse of memory, waters of Lethe, waters of oblivion, amnesty, general pardon, repressed memory, forgotten, unremembered, past recollection, bygone, out of mind, buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion, clean forgotten, gone out of one's head, gone out of one's recollection, forgetful, oblivious, mindless, Lethean, insensible to the past, heedless, non mi ricordo, the memory failing, the memory deserting one, being at fault, being in fault, To the Future.
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