On 7 Dec 2000, 20:54, Raymond Arsenault, Ph.D. wrote:
> I have given up on this one. There is a word that describes the state of
> knowing a word and not being able to find it. We sometimes call this
> "tip of the tongue" or "mental block". I can't find the word, which is a
> nice little conundrum.
Psychologists believe that *repression* is the cause of TOT or mental
blocks. Perhaps *repression* is the word you seek.
See definition #17 for the word ^block^ in this American Heritage
Dictionary:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/89/B0328900.html
Alan
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