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A.Word.A.Day--paramnesia

noun:
1. A distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
2. The inability to recall the correct meaning of a word.

[New Latin, par-, amnesia.]

"God's attention, then loss of attention, his control, then loss of control over the actions of the squirming and chanting boot jacks, is consistent with Ellis's discussion of paramnesia."
Dennis Ryan; 'A Divine Gesture': Hemingway's Complex Parody of the Modern; Hemingway Review; Fall 1996.

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