Meaning

(rare) The fear of one's own memories..

Example Sentences

Complicating matters, some people suffer from Mnemophobia, the fear of memories. Every time they try to remember when it was they first became phobic, they become even more phobic!

Anyone enduring mnemophobia would endure painful psychoanalysis treatment when asked to recall when they first experience mnemophobia and subsequent triggers for the condition - it is the fear of experiencing memories.

It is fascinating to study on a micro-scale how the psychological condition of a dominant leader, characterised by a form of mnemophobia became a determining feature of the group's relationship with the past and led to one individual having political and economic control and to a gradual unification of interpretation.

When Should You Use Mnemophobia?

Use mnemophobia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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