retentiveness

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But it's time we retire this notion of Wooden as basketball's wise old man and see his legacy for what it is: a triumph of rigidity, bureaucracy, paternalism, and anal retentiveness.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2010

Receptivity and retentiveness of impression is not only a property of brain, but of all solid matter without exception.

From The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality by Gore, George

Reten′tiveness, Retentiv′ity; Reten′tor, a muscle which serves to retain an organ in place.—Magnetic retentiveness, coercive force.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Intricately or profoundly woven, they are held: disconnected, they tend to drop out just in proportion as the native brain retentiveness is poor.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William

The distances between drains he showed must be regulated by the greater or less retentiveness of the ground operated upon, and gave 10 to 40 ft. as the limits of their distance apart.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various