retentivity

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noun

The ability to retain, potential for retention.

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Meanings

nounretentivity (countable and uncountable, plural retentivities)

plural retentivities

  1. countableuncountableThe ability to retain, potential for retention.

    Synonyms: retentiveness

  2. countableuncountablesciencesThe capacity to retain magnetism after a magnetizing action.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe ability to retain, potential for retention.

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retentiveness

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe power of retaining and recalling past experience

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memoryretentionretentiveness
Broader
facultymental facultymodule

nounthe property of retaining possessions that have been acquired

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retentiveness
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acquisitiveness

nounthe power of retaining liquid

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retentivenessretention
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impermeabilityimpermeableness
Also see
memoryretentionretentiveness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From retentive + -ity.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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