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Definition of Selective amnesia
1. Noun. Amnesia about particular events that is very convenient for the person who cannot remember. "Why do politicians always develop selective amnesia when questioned about their transgressions?"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selective Amnesia
Literary usage of Selective amnesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spirals of Suffering: Public Violence and Children by Brian Rock (1997)
"... symptoms such as emotional detachment, mental distress, depression, enuresis,
selective amnesia, psychosomatic problems and developmental disorders. ..."
2. The Neuroscience of Mental Health: A Report on Neuroscience Research edited by Stephen H. Koslow (1997)
"As described in a previous chapter, this discovery came from studying the patient
known as HM, who suffered from profound, selective amnesia following ..."
3. Prospects for Global Food Security: A Critical Appraisal of Past Projections by Alex F. McCalla, Cesar L. Revoredo (2001)
"All that is necessary to apply the method are the ability to make ambiguous (or
even contradictory) remarks and a talent for selective amnesia. ..."
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