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

1 sense of selective amnesia

Sense 1
selective amnesia -- (amnesia about particular events that is very convenient for the person who cannot remember; "why do politicians always develop selective amnesia when questioned about their transgressions?")
       => amnesia, memory loss, blackout -- (partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening")