retentive memory - Wordage.info - Free Thesaurus Tool for Word Discovery - Expanded Thesaurus, Reverse Dictionary Lookup

engram collapse: a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory

retrospection collapse: memory for experiences that are past; "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"; reference to things past; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections"

reminiscence collapse: a mental impression retained and recalled from the past

skill collapse: ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism"; an ability that has been acquired by training

flashback collapse: a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story; an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

hindsight collapse: understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; "hindsight is always better than foresight"

memory collapse: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"; the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"; the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father"; something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost"; the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"

reconsideration collapse: thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase"; a consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision

evocative collapse: serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics"

storage collapse: the act of storing something; the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials; (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk

retrospective collapse: an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work; concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification"

forgiveness collapse: the act of excusing a mistake or offense; compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive

memoir collapse: an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic; an account of the author's personal experiences

recall collapse: the act of removing an official by petition; the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"; a bugle call that signals troops to return; a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"; a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair); cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"; summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"; cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"; make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

absentmindedness collapse: preoccupation so great that the ordinary demands on attention are ignored

Talmud collapse: the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism

amnesia collapse: partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening"

memorize collapse: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

nirvana collapse: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

fugue collapse: a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement; a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days; 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

folklore collapse: the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture

Wordage.info