selective memory

collocation in English

meaningsofselectiveandmemory

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selective
adjective
uk
/sɪˈlek.tɪv/us
/səˈlek.t̬ɪv/
intentionally choosing some things and ...
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memory
noun
uk
/ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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(Definition ofselectiveandmemoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofselective memory

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Indeed, he claims, the military has used violence and terror to create an official policy ofselectivememory.
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This notion ofselectivememoryfor input has not previously been discussed in the psycholinguistics literature.
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The threat schema may be activated by the memory induction and result in generalselectivememoryfor threatening material.
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We were not able to detect a causal relationship between depressed mood andselectivememory.
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Pram's greatness does not arise from his position as an innocent victim, withselectivememory, stubborn-headed and deaf from a pistolbutt strike.
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They have all developed aselectivememory; they seem to have forgotten those 18 years.
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I should like to point out, however, that he has aselectivememory.
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Enjoyable though it has been, the debate so far has been characterised by a degree ofselectivememory.
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I wonder whether he has aselectivememory.
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Suchselectivememoryseemed to run as a thread throughout his comments.
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There has been someselectivememory, a great deal of propaganda and a great number of words.
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It is clear that he has a short andselectivememory.
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They merely have aselectivememory.
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He has aselectivememory.
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Somehow, he developed aselectivememory.
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She can also efficiently use certain supernatural acupressure techniques for instant unconsciousness, temporary mind-control, or evenselectivememory-removal.
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Along with patients suffering from these severe circumstances the idea ofselectivememoryerasure is a very attractive idea for many.
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Employees have an inherent short andselectivememoryrecall alongside a defensiveness that screens out unwelcome events with which they and their employer are involved.
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Since the information is collected from real-time interactions, it is not subject to lost orselectivememoryissues.
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Selectivememorydependence prediction stalls specific loads until it is certain that no violation may occur.
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