1. a musical composition in which a short melody is introduced and then repeated in different voices or parts
Usage: music
2. a disturbed state of consciousness in which a person loses awareness of their identity and may wander away from home
Usage: psychology; medical

Examples

• Bach’s fugues are considered masterpieces of baroque music.
• The organist played a complex fugue during the church service.
• Students analyzed the structure of the fugue in music theory class.
• The patient experienced a fugue state and was found miles from home.
• During the fugue, she had no memory of her previous life.
• The composer wrote a fugue for four voices.
• Doctors diagnosed him with dissociative fugue after the incident.