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LONG-TERM MEMORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Your general store of remembered information
Synonyms:
long-term memory; LTM
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("long-term memory" is a kind of...):
memory; remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "long-term memory"):
episodic memory; personal memory (memory for episodes in your own life)
semantic memory (your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts)
motor memory; muscle memory (your memory for motor skills)