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What is the term for being unable to recall a word that is on the tip of your tongue?

  • Lethologica
  • Anomia
  • Aphasia

The answer is Lethologica. The word you cannot fetch.

Tip of the tongue

Tip of the tongue is the phenomenon of failing to retrieve a word or term from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent. The phenomenon's name comes from the saying, "It's on the tip of my tongue." The tip of the tongue phenomenon reveals that lexical access occurs in stages.

Wikipedia · Tip of the tongue