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

With a keen, bright intelligence, and remarkable retentiveness of memory, she mastered her studies with surprising quickness, and distanced all her competitors.

From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee

One general factor in intelligence is therefore retentiveness.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

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