Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fugue

3 senses of fugue

Sense 1
fugue, psychogenic fugue -- (dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates 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)
       => dissociative disorder -- (dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down)

Sense 2
fugue -- (a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days)
       => psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition -- ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state")

Sense 3
fugue -- (a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement)
       => classical music, classical, serious music -- (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)