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Motivated forgetting

theorized behavior in which people forget unwanted memories
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Motivated forgetting

Summary

Motivated forgetting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Motivated forgetting's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bmgsrs[2].
  • Motivated forgetting's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 95012187[3].
  • Motivated forgetting's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C95012187[4].

Why It Matters

Motivated forgetting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[1]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Motivated forgetting. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/motivated-forgetting
MLA “Motivated forgetting.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/motivated-forgetting.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_motivated-forgetting_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Motivated forgetting}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/motivated-forgetting}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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