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Nementiane-men-shuh

n. The post-distraction effort to recall the reason you're feeling particularly anxious or angry or excited, trying to retrace your sequence of thoughts like a kid gathering the string of a downed kite.

Etymology

Ancient Greek véuetv (némein), to give what is due + Latin dementia, without mind.

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