fugue /fjuːg/
noun
- {music} a musical composition in which one or more principal themes are repeated, developed and interwoven into a complex whole; notable for its mathematical intricacy, formality, symmetry, and variety.
- {psychiatry} a state or period of loss of awareness of one’s identity, a dreamlike altered state of consciousness, during which a person loses their memory for their previous life and often wanders away from home.
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