POSTHYPNOTIC AMNESIA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Selective amnesia after being in a hypnotic state of events occurring during hypnosis or of information designated by the hypnotist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("posthypnotic amnesia" is a kind of...):

selective amnesia (amnesia about particular events that is very convenient for the person who cannot remember)

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