# damnatio memoriae

> English word · Noun · IPA /damˌnɑːtɪ.əʊ mɪˈmɔːrɪ.aɪ/

## Definitions
1. A posthumous punishment for traitors etc. by which they were effectively erased from history by having their works undone and any mention of their name forbidden.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin damnātiō memoriae (literally “condemnation of memory”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/damnatio-memoriae