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Word of the Day – Prosopagnosia

By September 1, 2021Word of the Day

Prosopagnosia (noun)

Pro-so-pag-no-see-a

A neurological condition characterized by the inability to recognize the faces of familiar people.

1950s modern Latin, from Greek prosōpon ‘face’ + agnōsia ‘ignorance’.

Example sentences

“His prosopagnosia made him seem ignorant at times.”

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