amnesia

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I've thought from day one that the only chance he had was to hide out until the election, do negative ads and hope for the collective amnesia from the American people.

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  1. noun Partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness.

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  • I've thought from day one that the only chance he had was to hide out until the election, do negative ads and hope for the collective amnesia from the American people. —  Crooks and Liars
  • Amnesia can be brought on in one of two ways; the "easiest" amnesia to treat is simple amnesia, which is brought on by a head or brain injury. —  foodconsumer.org
  • Let me bring you in on a little secret: amnesia is your friend. —  RVABlogs
  • I am guilty of amnesia, myself. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • I have no clue what the McCain amnesia is about. —  Simply Kimberly | Blog
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  1. Greek amnēsiā, forgetfulness, probably from amnēstiā, from amnēstos, not remembered : a-, not; see a-1 + mimnēskein, mnē-, to remember; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἀμνησία, from ἀ- privative + μνησι-, only in comp., remembering, from μιμνήσκειν, remind, in mid. and passive remember, μνα+σθαι, remember, = Latin meminisse, remember: see mnemonic, memory, remember, etc. Cf. amnesty.
 

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