antimnemonic

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adjective

Difficult to remember, often intentionally so.

“Features that make a password good tend to make it antimnemonic as well, which is bad because a password should be memorized rather than written down.”

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Meanings

adjectiveantimnemonic (comparative more antimnemonic, superlative most antimnemonic)

comparative more antimnemonic · superlative most antimnemonic

  1. Difficult to remember, often intentionally so.

    Features that make a password good tend to make it antimnemonic as well, which is bad because a password should be memorized rather than written down.

    1 more example

    I have translated the symbols used by these German authors, which are antimnemonic for readers of English, to the initial letters...

    1998, Arthur Robert Jensen, The g factor: the science of mental ability

Origin

From anti- + mnemonic.

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APA

antimnemonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimnemonic

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“antimnemonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimnemonic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antimnemonic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antimnemonic.

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