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aphantasia

Albanian translation: Afantazia

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16:56 Dec 2, 2019
English to Albanian translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Psychology
English term or phrase: aphantasia
Definition from Merriam-Webster:
The inability to form mental images of real or imaginary people, places, or things.

Example sentence(s):
  • The former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios says he has a "blind mind's eye". Ed Catmull, 74, has the condition aphantasia, in which people cannot visualise mental images at all. And in a surprising survey of his former employees, so do some of the world's best animators. BBC
  • Aphantasia, a term coined by Adam Zeman, a neurologist and professor of cognitive and behavioural neurology at Exeter University Medical School, describes people who are unable to visualise. It affects some 2 to 3 per cent of the population, or around 2million people in the UK. Daily Mail
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Albanian translation:Afantazia
Definition:
Afantazia është një gjendje mjekësore në të cilën një individ nuk është i aftë të formojë një imazh në mendjen e tij të gjërave ose njerëzve që nuk janë të pranishëm në të vërtetë.
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Afantazia


Definition from own experience or research:
Afantazia është një gjendje mjekësore në të cilën një individ nuk është i aftë të formojë një imazh në mendjen e tij të gjërave ose njerëzve që nuk janë të pranishëm në të vërtetë.

Example sentence(s):
  • Afantazia: Njerëzit me këtë gjendje s’mund pikturojnë gjëra në mendjen e tyre. - City News Albania  

Explanation:
Është një term që e ka prejardhjen nga greqishtja, "a" do të thotë "pa" dhe "phantasia" do të thotë "imagjinatë", pra, pa imagjinatë.
Erta Zykaj
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in AlbanianAlbanian
PRO pts in category: 32

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Juliana Cullafiq
2 days 23 hrs
  -> Faleminderit Juliana!
Yes  Adnan Gjota: shume bukur Juliana! alternative per imazh: perfytyrim, pamje; alternative per pikturim: perfytyrim
35 days
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