1. dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state • Syn: psychogenic fugue • Hypernyms: dissociative disorder 2. a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days • Derivationally related forms: fugal • Hypernyms: psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition 3. a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement • Hypernyms: classical music, classical, serious music
