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English
Etymology
From Middle English forgetfulnes, forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse, equivalent to forgetful + -ness.
Pronunciation
Noun
forgetfulness (usually uncountable, plural forgetfulnesses)
- The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
- Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
- Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention.
- forgetfulness of duty
Translations
proneness to let slip from the mind
- Czech: zapomnětlivost (cs) f
- Danish: glemsomhed c
- Dutch: vergeetachtigheid (nl) f, vergetelheid (nl)
- Esperanto: forgesemo
- Finnish: muistamattomuus (fi), huonomuistisuus (fi), hajamielisyys (fi), unohtelu (fi)
- French: étourderie (fr) f
- German: Vergesslichkeit (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἐπιλησμονή f (epilēsmonḗ)
- Hindi: भुलावट (bhulāvaṭ), फ़रामोशी (farāmośī), भुलक्कड़पन (bhulakkaṛpan)
- Hungarian: feledékenység (hu)
- Latin: oblivio, oblivium, immemoratio
- Latvian: aizmāršība f
- Manchu: ᠣᠩᡤᠣᠰᡠ (onggosu)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: glemsomhet (no) m or f
- Nynorsk: gløymske f
- Polish: amnezja (pl) f (literary, pejorative), niepamięć (pl) f
- Portuguese: esquecimento (pt) m
- Russian: забы́вчивость (ru) f (zabývčivostʹ)
- Spanish: desmemoria (es) f, mala memoria f, poca memoria f, memoria de pollo (es) f
- Swedish: glömska (sv)
- Telugu: మరుపు (te) (marupu)
- Turkish: unutkanlık (tr)
- Urdu: فراموشی f (faraamoshi)
- Welsh: anghofrwydd m
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