hypermnesia

noun

Definition of hypermnesianext
as in total recall

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  1. total recall
  2. memory
  3. thinking
  4. recollection
  5. mind
  6. meditation
Noun
  • Instead, the greatest value will be in second-generation applications that provide total recall and augmented cognition.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2012
  • But 2024’s total recalls so far are lower than last year, which saw just over 2,000 recalls, the highest since 2017.
    Vivian La, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of total recall
Noun
  • Only a perpetual, living, and constantly renewed memory of the mass murder would prevent the restoration of a criminal, authoritarian regime.
    Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • For New York Magazine's sprawling SNL cover story, alums including Amy Poehler, John Mulaney and Kate McKinnon, and current cast members like Bowen Yang were asked to share their favorite memory from an after-party — and their answers are as good as gold.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of memory
Noun
  • Even the mainstream media is warning users away from RCS, leaving Google with some thinking to do.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • His decision, according to a person familiar with his thinking, didn’t come down to do a potential NIL windfall elsewhere, like so many others in the portal.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of thinking
Noun
  • The year’s most impressive filmmaking debut was the playwright Annie Baker’s soft but spiky recollection of life in western Massachusetts in the early ’90s.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Looking back on decades of destruction and rebuilding — of their family, of their home country — neither sister has a rose-colored recollection.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of recollection
Noun
  • For families who have highly selective colleges in mind for their children, there is one very important thing to keep in mind: Your A student is not exceptional or gifted.
    Bonnie Kleffman, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
  • That’s definitely what creators Phoebe Fisher and Sarah Goodman tried to keep in mind when crafting the debut season of Cruel Intentions, Prime Video’s reboot of the classic 1999 movie that starred Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of mind
Noun
  • Try incorporating mindfulness meditation, regular therapy sessions or mental health check-ins into your routine.
    Cindy Chia, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Some kids may find journaling or drawing to express their feelings helpful as well, if yoga or meditation are too low energy.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of meditation
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