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Retentiveness

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being retentive. uncountable

    "The Neolithic of 8000 to 6000 B.C. is in the sign of Cancer, a feminine sign associated with domesticity, retentiveness, and sentiment."

  2. 2
    the power of retaining liquid wordnet
  3. 3
    the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired wordnet
  4. 4
    the power of retaining and recalling past experience wordnet

Etymology

From retentive + -ness.

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