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Definition of Fugue
1. Noun. Dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates 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.
2. Noun. A dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days.
Derivative terms: Fugal
3. Noun. A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement.
Definition of Fugue
1. n. A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears.
Definition of Fugue
1. Noun. A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody ¹
2. Noun. Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fugue
1. to compose a fugue (a type of musical composition) [v FUGUED, FUGUING, FUGUES]
Medical Definition of Fugue
1. A condition in which an individual suddenly abandons a present activity or lifestyle and starts a new and different one for a period of time, often in a different city; afterward, the individual alleges amnesia for events occurring during the fugue period, although earlier events are remembered and habits and skills are usually unaffected. Origin: Fr. Fr. L. Fuga, flight (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fugue
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