mnemogenic
mnemogenic adjective: that creates or reinforces a memory.
Adjective
mnemogenic (comparative more mnemogenic, superlative most mnemogenic)
- That creates or reinforces a memory.
- People liked her because she was quietly attractive with her charming dim face and soft husky voice, somehow remaining in one's memory as if she were subtly endowed with the gift of being remembered: she came out well in one's mind, she was mnemogenic.1941, Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Penguin 1971 edition, page 69
- [T]hat the remembering individual may be only one mnemogenic agent marks a counterpoint to the mainstream of psychological memory studies in the twentieth century.2008, Attilio Favorini, Memory in Play, page 103
Forms of mnemogenic
| comparative | more mnemogenic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mnemogenic |
Origin of mnemogenic
From mnemo- + -genic.
Questions about mnemogenic
- What does mnemogenic mean?
- Mnemogenic means that creates or reinforces a memory.
- What part of speech is mnemogenic?
- Mnemogenic is an adjective.
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