PARAMNESIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("paramnesia" is a kind of...):

cognitive state; state of mind (the state of a person's cognitive processes)

Domain category:

psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)

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