mnemotechnic

9.9

A method that helps you remember things with simple tricks like rhymes

adjective
/ˌnɛməˈtoʊkɪk/

Specialized

: mnemotécnico

Teachers often use mnemotechnic techniques to help students recall important information for tests.

Examples

Using a mnemotechnic device, she easily remembered the names of all the planets in the solar system.
He created a mnemotechnic rhyme to remember the order of operations in math.
Convinced of the potential of this mnemotechnic system, Father LeClercq started his work right away by creating a system that linked one or two words with a written symbol.

Academic text (2002)
The images' mnemotechnic value is enhanced when they stand in a dialogic relation to each other, to a text, and to a viewer, thus promising knowledge on different levels, including the visual.

Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

mnemonic

vsmnemotechnic

10 7.7

Helping you remember something

focuses on specific techniques or devices rather than general help

mnemotechnical

vsmnemotechnic

Specialized

9.9

Relating to methods that help you remember things

includes devices as well as methods for aiding memory

anamnestic

vsmnemotechnic

Specialized

9.9

Relating to memory or a person's past, often in medical records

applies generally to memory aids, not only medical or historical cases

How Helpful

effective

986 3.1

helpful

689 1.0

mnemotechnic

Specialized

9.9

useful

947 1.0

ineffective

90 3.4

Surface Forms

mnemotechnic positive

Morphology

mnemotechnic = technic (semi-transparent) = mnemo + technic

The element 'technic' is recognizable as relating to technique, but the combining form 'mnemo-' (memory) is not familiar to average B1 learners, so the meaning is only partly guessable.

Etymology

The word mnemotechnic comes from the Greek parts mneme ('memory') and technē ('art' or 'skill'), and you can see the same idea in the word mnemonic and in technique. So a mnemotechnic method is like a 'memory art', a skill or tool that helps you remember things.