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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesaphantasie
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /a.fɑ̃.ta.zi/
"L'aphantasie est l'incapacité de visualiser des images mentales."
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A condition characterized by the inability to voluntarily visualize mental imagery.
"People with aphantasia cannot picture things in their minds when they close their eyes." - 2
The complete absence of the mind's eye function across all sensory modalities.
"Her diagnosis of aphantasia explained why she struggled to recognize faces using memory alone."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 2015 by neurologist Adam Zeman and his colleagues, the term derives from the Greek prefix 'a-' (meaning 'without') and 'phantasia' (meaning 'imagination' or 'appearance'). It builds upon historical psychological concepts first discussed by Francis Galton in the 19th century before receiving its modern medical nomenclature.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Aphantasia" is said worldwide
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aphantasie
Transliteration: /a.fɑ̃.ta.zi/
"L'aphantasie est l'incapacité de visualiser des images mentales."
Aphantasie
Transliteration: /aˌfantaˈziː/
"Menschen mit Aphantasie können keine mentalen Bilder erzeugen."
afantasia
Transliteration: /afantaˈzia/
"L'afantasia è una condizione in cui manca la visualizzazione mentale."
afantasía
Transliteration: /a.fan.taˈsi.a/
"La afantasía impide a las personas formar imágenes visuales en su mente."
afantasia
Transliteration: /a.fã.taˈzi.a/
"A afantasia é caracterizada pela ausência de imaginação visual voluntária."
अफैंटेशिया
Transliteration: aphainṭeshiyā
"अफैंटेशिया से पीड़ित लोग अपने मन में छवियां नहीं देख सकते हैं।"
心盲症
Transliteration: xīnmáng zhèng
"心盲症患者无法在脑海中产生视觉图像。"
아판타시아
Transliteration: apantasia
"아판타시아를 가진 사람들은 머릿속으로 이미지를 떠올리지 못합니다."
全盲的想像力欠如
Transliteration: afantashia
Script: アファンタジア
"アファンタジアの人は心の中で映像を思い描くことができません。"
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