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RETENTIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The power of retaining liquid
Example:
moisture retentivity of soil
Synonyms:
retention; retentiveness; retentivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("retentiveness" is a kind of...):
impermeability; impermeableness (the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retentiveness"):
urinary retention (holding urine in the urinary bladder)
Derivation:
retentive (having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of retaining possessions that have been acquired
Synonyms:
retentiveness; retentivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("retentiveness" is a kind of...):
acquisitiveness (strong desire to acquire and possess)
Derivation:
retentive (having the capacity to retain something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The power of retaining and recalling past experience
Example:
he had a good memory when he was younger
Synonyms:
memory; retention; retentiveness; retentivity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("retentiveness" is a kind of...):
faculty; mental faculty; module (one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retentiveness"):
anamnesis; recollection; remembrance (the ability to recall past occurrences)
Derivation:
retentive (good at remembering)
