retentiveness

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But it's time we retire this notion of Wooden as basketball's wise old man and see his legacy for what it is: a triumph of rigidity, bureaucracy, paternalism, and anal retentiveness.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2010

Hence they set problems for the reasoning powers and ingenuity, provoke judgments about abstract matters, etc., instead of attempting to measure sensory discrimination, mere retentiveness, rapidity of reaction, and the like.

From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson

One general factor in intelligence is therefore retentiveness.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

Stevenson was always interested by his own retentiveness of memory for childish things, and here asks Cummy some questions to test the quality of hers.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The retentiveness of the popular memory, before it has been spoiled by education, is quite sufficient to-270- account for the preservation of these lyrics through several hundred years.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington