retentiveness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: retentiveness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for retentiveness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retentiveness n the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger" Synonym(s): memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired Synonym(s): retentiveness, retentivity the power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil" Synonym(s): retentiveness, retentivity, retention
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retentiveness \Reten"tiveness\, n. The quality of being retentive.