total recall

noun

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

total recall

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of total recall¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

In his memoir, Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger lays it all on the table.

From The Daily Beast

To further shore up his case for rehabilitation, Schwarzenegger has penned Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story.

From The Daily Beast

After Spider-Man and Total Recall, do we really need another reboot this summer?

From The Daily Beast

After six years of small roles in little-seen films, the Irish actor stars in the $200 million popcorn thriller ‘Total Recall.’

From The Daily Beast

He could feel the total-recall of sensation, the threatening bursts of pain.

From Project Gutenberg

It's a perfectly harmless drug with no serious aftereffects that promotes total recall.

From Project Gutenberg

Total recall is what we need unless we get a much larger group of donors than we have presently.

From Project Gutenberg

The light of returning knowledge—of blessed total recall—illumined the face of the listening section-boss.

From Project Gutenberg

Didn't you find my family's omniscience and total recall a trifle overdone?

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