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fugue

fu·gue

UK/ˈfyɡ/ US/ˈfjuːɡ/ uncommon

noun

1.

dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

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2.
3.

a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement

Origin

Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugiō (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts. Doublet of fuga.

Phrases

  • double fugue
  • fugue state
  • mirror fugue

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