Meaning of amnesically | Babel Free
Examples
“[…] amnesically remember⟳ the arms race⟳, the international embargoes, the military interventions, the suppression of Marxist revolutionaries, the threats of […]”
“[referring to author Michele Lynn Harris] Her manuscript Blackdamp explores the cultural, historical, and emotional geography of rural Western Pennsylvania — a landscape once lit orange by the blast furnaces of steel mills, pockmarked by industry, and now amnesically pastoral. She hopes to resuscitate the memory of this place⟳ where woods have⟳ grown over whole towns, where a flood⟳ struck so deadly it caused fires, and where flowers grow⟳ Bunsen-blue among jagger bushes.”
“Such assertions simultaneously and amnesically overlook the diverse ways in which schools have⟳ collaborated over the years (Armstrong and Ainscow, 2018; Keddie, 2014) — indeed, collective professional amnesia appears to be fundamental to making new education reforms work⟳ (Gunter, forthcoming), as does derision of the past […]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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