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retentiveness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | memory, retention, retentivity |
| Type of | module, mental faculty, faculty |
| Has types | remembrance, anamnesis, recollection |
| Derivation | retentive |
retentiveness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | retention, retentivity |
| Type of | impermeability, impermeableness |
| Has types | urinary retention |
| Derivation | retentive |
retentiveness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | retentivity |
| Type of | acquisitiveness |
| Derivation | retentive |
Examples of retentiveness
retentiveness
It doesn't explain why Declan Sullivan is dead, but it does help illustrate the anal retentiveness of football coaches.
From the suntimes.com
Call that anal-retentiveness, but there's no chance that image-conscious South Koreans will be let down by a less than polished potty.
From the time.com
Eventually all of that neurotic anal-retentiveness exerts enough pressure on my material that a jewel-like, highly condensed piece of prose pops out.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The latter are often designed to alleviate accompanying symptoms, such as depression, restlessness, sleep disorders, and aggressive behaviour, or to improve cognitive function and retentiveness.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Memory: the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"
- The property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
- The power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil"
- (retentive) good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
- (retentive) having the capacity to retain something
- The state of being retentive
- (retentive) For Freud, the tendency to not express emtions, particularly at the anal stage of development.
