Kleptomnesia

Quick meaning: Kleptomnesia is a noun meaning (neologism) The situation where a person comes up with an idea that they believe to be original, but which was in fact created by someone else and previously encountered by the person.

Meaning

(neologism) The situation where a person comes up with an idea that they believe to be original, but which was in fact created by someone else and previously encountered by the person.

Example Sentences

We're all vulnerable to “kleptomnesia”—accidentally remembering the ideas of others as our own.

Like every other author, I'm vulnerable to 'kleptomnesia' – accidentally remembering the ideas of others as your own.

Chad Bauman has offered a great model for the “make your own religion” exercise, and I will engage in repeated acts of “kleptomnesia” in appropriating his ideas.

It’s fair to say that psychologists haven’t exactly figured out a way around kleptomnesia, and maybe Melania Trump’s speech might instigate research into this fuzzy area.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kleptomania, kleptomaniac, bibliokleptomania, kleptophobia, kleptophilia, kleptolagnia.

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