different between recollective vs recollection

English

Adjective

recollective (comparative more recollective, superlative most recollective)

1. Of or pertaining to recollection.

English

Etymology 1

Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k??l?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

recollection (usually uncountable, plural recollections)

1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory

   Synonyms: reminiscence, remembrance

2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance

   Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.

3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.

   One of his earliest recollections." - Thomas Babington Macaulay.

4. (archaic or Catholicism) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.

   From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.

   In a world filled with media and electronic devices, recollection can be difficult.

5. (Catholicism) A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short.

Alternative forms

• (collecting or concentrating the mind): re-collection

Synonyms

• reminiscence
• remembrance
• memory

Derived terms

• recollective

Related terms

• recollect
• recollected

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? collection

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?k??l?k??n/

Noun

recollection (countable and uncountable, plural recollections)

1. Process of collecting again.

Alternative forms

• re-collection

References

• recollection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.