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

It was a wonderful display of retentiveness, acumen, learning, and power.

From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.

But, on the whole, the best judges are of opinion that Boswell’s accuracy is exceptional, as it is undoubtedly seconded by a power of observation of a singular retentiveness and intensity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

It needs cultivation, however, whether a boy be gifted with retentiveness or not.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

She had become a legend and no one knew her exact age, she was creepin’ close to a hundred, and her memory which carried her back to the slave days was marvellous in its retentiveness.

From The Ghost Girl by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)