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記憶錯誤 (きおくさくご) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

記き憶おく錯さく誤ご

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Meanings

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paramnesia; memory error

Technical term in psychology and medicine for a distortion of memory where reality and fantasy are confused. Not an everyday word.

記き憶おく錯さく誤ごは、実じっ際さいの経けい験けんと想そう像ぞうが混こん同

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Paramnesia is a phenomenon in which real experiences and imagination become confused.

Kanji

記scribe, account, narrative
憶recollection, think, remember
錯confused, mix, be in disorder
誤mistake, err, do wrong

Related words

記き憶おく違ちがい
記憶違い is a general term for a simple memory mistake, while 記憶錯誤 is a clinical term for a more complex distortion of memory.

Built from

記き憶おく+錯さく誤ご

Etymology

Compound of 記憶 (memory) and 錯誤 (error, mistake). The term is a direct translation of the English 'paramnesia'.