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SEMANTIC MEMORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does semantic memory mean?
• SEMANTIC MEMORY (noun)
The noun SEMANTIC MEMORY has 1 sense:
1. your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts
Familiarity information: SEMANTIC MEMORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("semantic memory" is a kind of...):
long-term memory; LTM (your general store of remembered information)
Context examples
Much prior memory research has focused on semantic memory—remembering facts, such as famous people and landmarks.
(Storing memories of recent events, NIH)
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