Anamnesis

Quick meaning: Anamnesis is a noun meaning The ability to recall past events; recollection.

Meaning

The ability to recall past events; recollection.

More Meanings

1. (Christianity) The remembrance and celebration of God’s works by the liturgy of the church.
2. (medicine) A patient's account of their medical history.
3. (epistemology, Platonism) The recollection of innate knowledge acquired before birth, according to Plato’s theory of epistemology.
4. (rhetoric) The mention of the past; quotation of exemplary authors from memory to establish one’s authority.

Example Sentences

1990, Stewart Umphrey, Zetetic Skepticism, Longwood Academic, page 13, There are also reasons for thinking that Socratic anamnesis, inquiry and learning are quite unlike anamnesis, inquiry and learning as ordinarily understood.

Word Forms

• anamneses

Synonyms for anamnesis

Depending on context, synonyms include recall, recollection, remembrance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include recollection, remembrance, recall, recalling, recallment, rememoration.

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