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

Several times, with that uncanny retentiveness of memory developed in the blind, she had all but caught him; but each time his adroitness saved the day.

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

What phrenologists would call the adhesiveness of Hazlitt's mind, its extreme retentiveness for any impression which has once been received, tempts him to a constant repetition of familiar phrases and illustrations.

From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

His retentiveness of memory, his accumulated weight of interested prejudice or romantic association have overlaid his other faculties.

From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William

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