Amnesia
Amnesia noun - Partial or total loss of memory.
Memory
Memory noun - The power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced.
Usage example: a photographic memory makes taking tests entirely too easy
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- To get around this, developers will sometimes strike the player character with amnesia or memory loss.
Source: Gameplay-Guided Amnesia - For tropes relating to memory and amnesia in fiction, see Memory Tropes
Source: Amnesia -
Memory and amnesia in TV, movies, and video games works a bit differently than in Real Life... Why?
Source: Memory Tropes
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