retentiveness
Example Sentences
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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
A Chinese classical scholar's memory is so trained for retentiveness that one who became a Christian was able, with ease, to commit to memory five chapters of the New Testament each day.
From The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow by Mildred Cable
This gives what may be called the quality of native retentiveness to the individual.
From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by William James
Like many other people of powerful brains, she united strong and clear general retentiveness with a weak and untrustworthy verbal memory.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol 3 of 3) The Life of George Eliot by John Morley
It was a wonderful display of retentiveness, acumen, learning, and power.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Pleasant A. Stovall
