selective memory
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Meaning
- noun The ability to retrieve certain facts and events but not others.
- noun An ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient, embarrassing, or disadvantageous.
Similar words
memory paramnesia working memory brain freeze cryptomnesia retention short-term memory mind irreminiscence cryptamnesia
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