retentives
Those who remember
Retentives is the plural of retentive, used as a noun for people characterized by retention—especially in the psychological sense.
The term appears most often in anal retentives, describing people who are excessively orderly, controlling, or obsessed with details.
The phrase derives from Freudian theory but now functions as casual shorthand for uptight personalities: The retentives in accounting flagged every minor discrepancy.
Mind's retention capacity
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- possessionsThings one owns
- accumulationCollected mass over time
reluctance · clinging · collecting · objects · emotional · sentimental · belongings · keepsakes
Feature or dimension
- verbsWords expressing actions
- keepingHolding in custody
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- maintainingKeeping in condition
continued · state · possessive · memory · linguistics · syntax · morphology · tense
Rectal fluid injection
- suppositoryInsertable solid medication
- bariumSoft silvery alkaline element
- contrastNotable difference between things
- diagnosticTest to identify problems
bowel · colon · imaging · solution · rectal · absorption · medication · therapeutic
memory
Mind's retention capacity
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- possessionsThings one owns
accumulation · reluctance · clinging · collecting · objects · emotional · sentimental · belongings · keepsakes · mementos
aspect
Feature or dimension
maintaining · continued · state · possessive · memory · linguistics · syntax · morphology · tense · duration
enema
Rectal fluid injection
- suppositoryInsertable solid medication
- bariumSoft silvery alkaline element
- contrastNotable difference between things
diagnostic · bowel · colon · imaging · solution · rectal · absorption · medication · therapeutic · laxative
braces
Dental alignment devices
dental · wire · clear · removable · fixed · bonded · nighttime · wear · fitting · adjustment
- anal retentiveExcessively concerned with minutiae