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What do you call the fear of forgetting (specifically something one cherishes a lot)?
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Is there a word that describes the fear of forgetting? In my case I'm in search of a word meaning fearing to forget a beautiful memory.
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Is there a word that describes the fear of forgetting? In my case I'm in search of a word meaning fearing to forget a beautiful memory.
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It's, uh .... Darn, I can't remember!
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It ought logically to be lethophobia, but that doesn’t really appear to be in any kind of real use, nor to be included in dictionaries.
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Is there a word that describes the fear of forgetting? In my case I'm in search of a word meaning fearing to forget a beautiful memory.
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It's, uh .... Darn, I can't remember!
– Hot Licks
8 hours ago
1
It ought logically to be lethophobia, but that doesn’t really appear to be in any kind of real use, nor to be included in dictionaries.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
8 hours ago
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2
It's, uh .... Darn, I can't remember!
– Hot Licks
8 hours ago
1
It ought logically to be lethophobia, but that doesn’t really appear to be in any kind of real use, nor to be included in dictionaries.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
8 hours ago
2
2
It's, uh .... Darn, I can't remember!
– Hot Licks
8 hours ago
It's, uh .... Darn, I can't remember!
– Hot Licks
8 hours ago
1
1
It ought logically to be lethophobia, but that doesn’t really appear to be in any kind of real use, nor to be included in dictionaries.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
8 hours ago
It ought logically to be lethophobia, but that doesn’t really appear to be in any kind of real use, nor to be included in dictionaries.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
8 hours ago
add a comment |
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Mnemophobia
is literally the fear of memories, usually bad ones, but is also used for fear of their loss. It is directly from the analogous Greek roots for 'memory' and 'fear of'.
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Mnemophobia
is literally the fear of memories, usually bad ones, but is also used for fear of their loss. It is directly from the analogous Greek roots for 'memory' and 'fear of'.
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Mnemophobia
is literally the fear of memories, usually bad ones, but is also used for fear of their loss. It is directly from the analogous Greek roots for 'memory' and 'fear of'.
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Mnemophobia
is literally the fear of memories, usually bad ones, but is also used for fear of their loss. It is directly from the analogous Greek roots for 'memory' and 'fear of'.
Mnemophobia
is literally the fear of memories, usually bad ones, but is also used for fear of their loss. It is directly from the analogous Greek roots for 'memory' and 'fear of'.
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It's, uh .... Darn, I can't remember!
– Hot Licks
8 hours ago
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It ought logically to be lethophobia, but that doesn’t really appear to be in any kind of real use, nor to be included in dictionaries.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
8 hours ago