"character amnesia" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} character amnesia (uncountable)
  1. A phenomenon whereby experienced speakers of some East Asian languages forget how to write Chinese characters previously well known to them. Wikipedia link: character amnesia Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Memory Translations (phenomenon): 提筆忘字 /提笔忘字 (tíbǐwàngzì) (Chinese Mandarin), kirjoitusmerkkien unohtaminen (Finnish), amnésie des caractères [feminine] (French), वर्ण स्मृतिलोप (varṇ smŕtilop) [masculine] (Hindi), amnesia dei caratteri [feminine] (Italian), amnésia de caractéres [feminine] (Portuguese)
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