I'm looking for a word that describes a person who is unable to remember people's names.
An example would be:
You can't blame her though, she is a [forgetter of names].
In terms of a condition I found aphasia, which the OED defines as the "loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage" but this isn't quite what I'm looking for.
Which word would be best suited?
Best Answer
"Face blindness" is the non-technical term.
"prosopagnosia" is the technical term.
(I'm not including a quote since Sacks tends to write in a rambling style and there's not really one pithy quote to grab.)
Interestingly, people with face blindness also tend to have difficulty "navigating" -- they easily get lost if they don't have a map.
There are a number of web resources.
(FWIW, I have this disorder, apparently a "gift" from the polio I had at age 2.)