A new type of agnosia

[StrangerInAStrangeLand]

Doesn't work. Agnotos is the past participle of a verb built up from a, "without" + gnoth- "to know." Its meaning would be more precisely stated as "without knowing." If you put another word in front of it, that tiny a will be lost in the phonetic and grammatical structure. Verita-gnosia looks like it means "knowledge of truth."

Since when do words have to make sense?

 

[StrangerInAStrangeLand]

How about: "mythoagnosia"? The inability to perceive that something they were taught is actually just a myth and is not in fact reality.


Take an adult who still believes in Santa AND does not recognize that Santa is mythical*.
I'm fairly certain such behavior would be diagnosed as a medical disorder.

MII


* Santa may be replaced with YWHA, Allah, Xenu, Sauron etc....

How about mythagnosia. No need for the O.