recollective
- adjective
- /ˌrɛkəˈlɛktɪv/
:
recordador
- He is known for his recollective abilities, easily recalling names and events from long ago.
Examples
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Another process contributing to memory distortions in recollective judgments is conformity.
Academic text (1997) -
Other recalled items appear to have had an intermediate effect on recollective experience.
Academic text (1997) -
Featured in the latter context is denial, a process that alters the recollective function to suit ego needs.
Academic text (1998) -
The last words in El Criticon consist of the enumeration, in a kind of recollective way, of all the titles of each "crisi."
Academic text (1996) -
What the story suggests through its recollective narrative is that the pleasures of art are complicit with an intolerable human loneliness, that there is something to be dreaded and appreciated in the exceptional fictionality of unknown feelings and experiences that stimulate us.
Academic text (2000) -
My grandmother has a recollective memory and often shares stories from her childhood.
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The recollective exercises helped the students remember important historical dates.
Synonyms
7
6.5
Able to remember things easily and for a long time
1
6.1
Having a very good memory
Able to remember things easily
Antonyms
How Well
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word recollective comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and collect meaning 'to gather', the same root as the common word collect. So, to be recollective is like 'gathering' your memories again, which is why it means being able to remember things well.