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forgetfulness n. 琉璃草;勿忘草 琉璃草;勿忘草 forgetfulness n 1: tendency to forget 2: unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember; " his forgetfulness increased as he grew older" Forgetfulness \ For* get" ful* ness\, n. 1. The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. [ 1913 Webster] A sweet forgetfulness of human care. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty. Syn: { Forgetfulnes}, { Oblivion}. Usage: Forgetfulness is Anglo- Saxon, and oblivion is Latin. The former commonly has reference to persons, and marks a state of mind; the latter commonly has reference to things, and indicates a condition into which they are sunk. We blame a man for his forgetfulness; we speak of some old custom as buried in oblivion. But this discrimination is not strictly adhered to. [ 1913 Webster] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " forgetfulness": abandon, careless abandon, carelessness, casualness, cursoriness, disregardfulness, easiness, hastiness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, indifference, insouciance, lack of foresight, laziness, lethe, oblivion, obliviousness, offhandedness, perfunctoriness, recklessness, regardlessness, sprezzatura, tactlessness, thoughtlessness, unaccommodatingness, unheedfulness, unhelpfulness, unmindfulness, unobligingness, unpreparedness, unreadiness, unsolicitousness, unsolicitude, unthinkingness, unthoughtfulness |
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