total recall

American  

noun

1. the ability to remember with complete, detailed accuracy.

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total recall British  

noun

1. psychol the faculty or an instance of complete and clear recall of every detail of something

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Etymology

Origin of total recall

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Mr Meagher also said: "He could remember, you know, Oswald Mosley speaking in Wigan in 1930 and then pretty much everything in almost total recall on events from that point onwards, really - incredible mental acuity, even into a very old age."

From BBC

Canal+ is behind streaming hits such as Versailles and its subsidiary StudioCanal owns the rights to an array of movies including Total Recall, the Shaun the Sheep and Bridget Jones franchises, and more recently the Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black, as well as the three films featuring the marmalade-munching bear.

From BBC

In 2019, the Cybertruck was compared by some to a sleek steel car from Paul Verhoeven’s “Total Recall.”

From Los Angeles Times

Decades removed from her “SNL” hosting debut, the “Total Recall” and “Casino” star said she thinks that people don’t know how to play with each other anymore and have become too guarded.

From Los Angeles Times

He dealt with all that in his 2012 autobiography Total Recall.

From BBC