selective amnesia

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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"

posthypnotic amnesia - selective amnesia after being in a hypnotic state of events occurring during hypnosis or of information designated by the hypnotist

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amnesia blackout memory loss posthypnotic amnesia			After Sharma was seen partying at LAP while supposedly on parole to look after his " ailing mother", a similar selective amnesia is striking Delhi. ' Selective amnesia' strikes Capital's glitterati yet again by Mail Today (New Delhi, India) And bring about selective amnesia where high-profile managerial failures of the past are concerned. HENRIK WILL HAVE TO EARN HIS SPURS BEFORE HE CAN BOSS CELTIC SIDE; ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) My memory is intact, but the same cannot be said of the sudden bouts of selective amnesia Mushahid Hussain Syed has contracted," the Daily Times quoted Gohar, as saying. Mushahid's claims on Pak nuke tests campaign had no basis: Gohar by Asian News International			Selar crumenophthalmus Selby Selcouth Selcraig Seld Selden seldom Seldomness Seldseen Seldshewn select select committee Select vestry selecta selected selected area for evasion selected area for evasion area intelligence description Selected Reserve Selected Reserve strength Selectedly selectee selection selection committee selectionist selective selective amnesia selective attention selective identification feature selective information selective jamming selective lipectomy selective loading selective memory selective mobilization selective release process selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor selective service Selective Service System selective synchronization selective unloading selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor selectively selectivity selectman Selectness selector selector switch selectorate selectwoman selen- Selenarctos			selection/mutation balance selection/mutation balance selection/mutation balance selectional selectionism selectionist selections selections selections selections selections Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha Sélections Mondiales des Vins Selectiv mutism selective selective selective selective Selective abortion selective absorption selective absorption selective abstraction Selective Accelerated Salary Enhancement selective acidizing Selective Acknowledgment Selective AD Indicator Selective Address selective adsorbent Selective Aldosterone Receptor Antagonist Selective Alpha Air Monitor selective amnesia Selective Amyloid Lowering Agent Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator selective angiography selective angiography selective angiography Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion Selective Apoptotic Anti-Neoplastic Drug Selective Area Coating Selective Area Laser Deposition Selective Armament Subsystem selective arteriography selective arteriography selective arteriography Selective attention Selective attention Selective attention Selective attention Selective Attention Deficit Disorder Selective Attention for Identification Model Selective Attention Semantic Content Analyzer Selective Auditory Attention Test Selective Availability Selective Availability Selective Availability / Anti-Spoofing Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module Selective B-Mode Receiving Station selective bidding Selective Bile Acid Receptor Modulator Selective Bile Duct Ligation Selective Bile Duct Obstruction

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