Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Aphasia characterized by the impaired ability to recall the names of persons and things.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Terebratula . - noun A genus of bivalve mollusks, typical of the family Anomiidœ, found attached to oysters and other shells.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun neurology The
inability toremember names . - noun neurology The
difficulty infinding theright word .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects
- noun type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters
Etymologies
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Examples
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They further postulate that a Greek word, '' anomia '',
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He hamartia estin he anomia is a most exact definition of it.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Hebrew understanding of the state of anomia are represented in the Old Testament with very little effort to harmonize and unify them.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas ARNALDO MOMIGLIANO 1968
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* Pas ho poiōn tēn hamartian kai tēn anomian poiei; kai hē hamartia estin hē anomia: [305] 1
Christian Doctrine of Sin 1823-1886 1876
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The term is translated in the Septuagint, anomia adikia, and occasionally ponos kopos.
Christian Doctrine of Sin 1823-1886 1876
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But it bears no resemblance whatever to that lawlessness (anomia) with which Dr. Temple seems to be enamoured.
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The violation of meristic law is [Greek: anomia] (iniquity).
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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• As Noah and as Lot, we will see the deliverance of God. iniquity•Strongs 458: anomia, an-om-ee´-ah; from
In The Days John 2010
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[10] Head injuries that harm the parietal lobe can also impair the ability to focus on one object at a time, write words (agraphia), and name objects (anomia).
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010
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Head injuries that harm the parietal lobe can also impair the ability to focus on one object at a time, write words ( '' agraphia ''), and name objects ( '' anomia '').
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010
hernesheir commented on the word anomia
A case of whats-his/her-name.
December 16, 2010