PSYCHOGENIC FUGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychogenic fugue mean? 

• PSYCHOGENIC FUGUE (noun)
  The noun PSYCHOGENIC FUGUE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PSYCHOGENIC FUGUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSYCHOGENIC 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 ("psychogenic fugue" is a kind of...):

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