prosopagnosia
noun
pros·op·ag·no·sia
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Definition of prosopagnosia
medical
: a form of visual agnosia characterized by an inability to recognize faces
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During the scenes in the underground lab, Bernard runs a diagnostic on himself that returns a list of critical failures, including time slippage, cognitive dissonance, and prosopagnosia. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "The Best Fan Theories for 'Westworld' Season 2 Are All About Bernard," 24 Apr. 2018 The research could also potentially yield understandings of how the brain sees faces that might help people with congenital prosopagnosia, commonly known as face blindness. — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, "A New Study Brings Scientists One Step Closer To Mind Reading," 6 Mar. 2018 The only pleasures remaining to the audience are the brief delectation of the flowing pre-Raphaelite hair of Beauty (Leslie Keller) and a lame joke about prosopagnosia. — Dan Jakes, Chicago Reader, "Arts / Performing Arts / Theater The best and rest of Rhinofest," 8 Feb. 2018 This is known as acquired prosopagnosia and is relatively rare. — Kate Samuelson, Time, "Why You Can't Recognize Other People's Faces," 14 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prosopagnosia.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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prosopagnosia
noun
pros·op·ag·no·sia
| \ ˌpräs-əp-ag-ˈnō-zhə
\
\
Medical Definition of prosopagnosia
: a form of visual agnosia characterized by an inability to recognize faces