PSYCHOGENIC FUGUE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

Synonyms:

fugue; psychogenic fugue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("psychogenic fugue" is a kind of...):

dissociative disorder (dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down)

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