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

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total recall

While remarkable, RJ’s total recall doesn’t put him in the category of an autistic savant, the best-known of whom is a Hollywood creation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2023

The total recall figure is almost equivalent to the 500,000 cars Tesla delivered last year, Reuters reports.

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021

Grant’s many strengths as a writer include his seemingly total recall of complex military engagements, the avoidance of bluster and self- glorification and, not least, what Henry James called the “hard limpidity” of his style.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2018

In the first, the lead character has some sort of investigatory superpower — Carrie Wells’s total recall in “Unforgettable,” for instance.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2015

There are times that one treasures for all one’s life, and such times are burned clearly and sharply on the material of total recall.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck