memorability
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- noun
- /ˌmɛmərəˈbɪləti/
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memorabilidad
- Teachers often aim for high memorability in their lessons to help students retain information.
- achieve memorability
Examples
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Using vivid imagery can enhance the memorability of a presentation.
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How much does memorability matter in literature?
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The memorability of the words in songs offers good opportunities for developing young students' sight vocabulary.
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Therefore, in the interests of familiarity and memorability, the researchers looked outside of library literature.
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Seek surprise: attach a riveting fact or story to increase the memorability of information.
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In this quest for memorability, content creators will seek to tap into the emotions of the audience.
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This result suggested (as is now well known) that the level of meaning present in a given visual stimulus item naturally contributes to its memorability.
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Although this study was primarily concerned with testing the memorability and value of the Five Ws, several unanticipated findings were discovered via the formative assessment.
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Along with display, memorability proves a primary motive for chiasmus in forms ranging from aphorisms to advertisements.
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The researchers were primarily concerned with testing the memorability of the Five Ws evaluation method, instructors' perceived value of that method, and its effectiveness as a scaffold.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
How easy it is to remember a tune or phrase
Antonyms
How Memorable
Surface Forms
Morphology
memorability = memorable (transparent) = memor + able + ity
Formed from the recognizable adjective 'memorable' + the noun-forming suffix '-ity', so the meaning (the quality of being memorable) is directly derived.
Etymology
Memorability comes from the word memory ('the ability to remember') plus the endings -able ('can be') and -ity ('the quality of'). So it means 'the quality of being able to be remembered', which is why we use it for things that are easy or worth remembering.