Cryptomnesia - Jessie Showell

cryptomnesia [ krip-toh-mnee-zhuh ] noun the phenomenon of not recognizing the return of an old memory as a product of memory, but instead regarding it as a new or original thought or idea: Cryptomnesia has misled some writers to embark on new works which are actually unconscious plagiarism or even self-plagiarism. What are you getting at?