Meaning of FORGETFULNESS
| Pronunciation: | | fur'getfulnes
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- [n] tendency to forget
- [n] unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember; "his forgetfulness increased as he grew older"
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| | See Also: | | amnesia, blackout, memory loss, oblivion, obliviousness, unawareness, unknowingness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \For*get"ful*ness\, n.
1. The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from
the mind.
2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to
remember; oblivion.
A sweet forgetfulness of human care. --Pope.
3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention;
as, forgetfulness of duty.
Syn: {Forgetfulnes}, {Oblivion}.
Usage: Forgetfulness is Anglo-Saxon, and oblivion is Latin.
The former commonly has reference to persons, and
marks a state of mind; the latter commonly has
reference to things, and indicates a condition into
which they are sunk. We blame a man for his
forgetfulness; we speak of some old custom as buried
in oblivion. But this discrimination is not strictly
adhered to.
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| | Related Terms: | | abandon, careless abandon, carelessness, casualness, cursoriness, disregardfulness, easiness, hastiness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, indifference, insouciance, lack of foresight, laziness, lethe, oblivion, obliviousness, offhandedness, perfunctoriness, recklessness, regardlessness, sprezzatura, tactlessness, thoughtlessness, unaccommodatingness, unheedfulness, unhelpfulness, unmindfulness, unobligingness, unpreparedness, unreadiness, unsolicitousness, unsolicitude, unthinkingness, unthoughtfulness |
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