ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pelmanism

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pelmanism is a noun meaning A system of training to improve the memory.

Meaning

A system of training to improve the memory.

More Meanings

  1. A memory card game in which a pack of cards is spread out face-down and players try to turn up pairs with the same symbol.

Example Sentences

Leamas who normally read nothing, read newspapers slowly and with concentration. He remembered details, like the names and addresses of people who were the subject of small news items. He did it almost unconsciously as a kind of private pelmanism, and it absorbed him entirely.

Synonyms for pelmanism

Depending on context, synonyms include concentration, memory, pairs.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include memory, progymnasmata, pennalism, pantomiming, paretic, psychoparesis.

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