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Definition of: cryptomnesia
(krip′təm·nē′zhə, -zhē·ə) noun Psychol.
A form of memory which causes experiences to appear to the subject as new, without conscious recognition of or identification with their original source. [<CRYPTO- + Gk. mnasthai remember]
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