Definition of "retentiveness" [re•ten•tive•ness]

• The state of being retentive (noun)

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• "… now go wipe, your anal retentiveness is showing …"
• "A better aphorism from him, which should be pinned to the wall of every management consultant's office, was "progress, far from consisting in change depends on retentiveness"."
• "Sahre has catalogued and organized everything about this modest outcropping of homes with an admirable anal retentiveness."