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
But, on the whole, the best judges are of opinion that Boswell’s accuracy is exceptional, as it is undoubtedly seconded by a power of observation of a singular retentiveness and intensity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
Miss Hurd, whose feelings had not been in the least lacerated by the reference to her parent's notable eccentricity of retentiveness, but who had been amused at the suggestion, interposed.
From White Ashes by Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson) Kennedy
Whereupon it suddenly occurred to me that as far as retentiveness of memory was concerned, Blanquette was not such a fool as in my arrogance I had set her down to be.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke
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 George Gore
