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mneme.

Persisting effect of memory of past events.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈniːmi//ˈniːm/dated, uncommon
  1. Persisting effect of memory of past events.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Mneme which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard Semon in 1904 from Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē). First attested in English in 1921 where it was capitalized Mneme.

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