Plural of fugue; musical compositions with multiple melodic lines that interweave, or states of dissociative amnesia.
From Italian 'fuga' (flight), from Latin 'fuga,' referring to the way melodic lines 'flee' from and chase each other in the musical form.
The double meaning is fascinating: a musical fugue involves melodic lines 'fleeing' and chasing each other, while a psychological fugue involves a person fleeing their own identity and memory!
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