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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-209/
- Published: 2020-08-22T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-08-16T19:19:37.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:00

The word for today is…

prosopagnosia (noun) – A disorder characterised by the inability to recognise people by their faces. In some cases it is present at birth, and in others it is the result of a brain injury. Also called face blindness.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Prosopagnosia?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : 1950, Medical Latin from German prosopagnosie (1948), from Greek prosopon “face” + agnosia “ignorance”.

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