FUGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fugue mean? 

• FUGUE (noun)
  The noun FUGUE has 3 senses:

1. dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

2. a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days

3. a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement

  Familiarity information: FUGUE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

fugue; psychogenic fugue

Hypernyms ("fugue" is a kind of...):

dissociative disorder (dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fugue" is a kind of...):

mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)

Derivation:

fugal (of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fugue" is a kind of...):

classical; classical music; serious music (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)

 Context examples 

Class of mental disorders milder than psychosis, including hysteria, fugue, obsession, phobia, etc.

(Neurosis, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)