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标 题: A.Word.A.Day--paramnesia(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年08月13日17:41:46 星期天), 转信
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paramnesia (par-am-NEE-zhuh) 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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