retentiveness

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English

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Etymology

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From retentive +‎ -ness.

Noun

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retentiveness (uncountable)

  1. the state of being retentive
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 131:
      The Neolithic of 8000 to 6000 B.C. is in the sign of Cancer, a feminine sign associated with domesticity, retentiveness, and sentiment.
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