iconic memory

noun

1. psychol the temporary persistence of visual impressions after the stimulus has been removed Compare echoic memory

Example Sentences

Travolta, recalling the iconic memory, admitted he did have some jitters prior to approaching Diana.

From Fox News

You can’t say Lloyd Webber doesn’t have a genius instinct for what audiences want — Grizabella, the “glamour cat” who belts out the iconic “Memory,” doesn’t even appear in Eliot’s original collection.

From Salon

That is the iconic memory of Khrushchev--squat, pinkish, piggy, with glittering eyes, a survivor's cunning and an impishly brutal sense of theater.

From Time Magazine Archive