English noun: fugue | |||
1. | fugue (state) dissociative disorder in which a person forgets 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 | ||
Synonyms | psychogenic fugue | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dissociative disorder | ||
2. | fugue (state) a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state | ||
3. | fugue (communication) a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement | ||
Broader (hypernym) | classical, classical music, serious music | ||