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| escape |
to elude (recollection or notice). [1/11 definitions] |
| flashback |
a person's sudden recollection of an event or situation in the past. [1/2 definitions] |
| fugue |
a mental condition in which a person performs conscious actions of which he or she later has no recollection. [1/2 definitions] |
| ghost |
anything that recurs persistently or haunts, such as an idea, thought, or recollection. [1/7 definitions] |
| impression |
a vague recollection or idea. [1/6 definitions] |
| mind |
recollection or consciousness. [1/13 definitions] |
| oblivious |
lacking any recollection; forgetting or forgetful (usu. fol. by "of"). [1/2 definitions] |
| screen memory |
in psychoanalysis, a recollection of early childhood that seems significant but actually masks a more profound related memory that remains repressed. |
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