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    RETENTIVENESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The power of retaining liquidplay

    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 acquiredplay

    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 experienceplay

    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)

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