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primacy effect

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The increased ability to remember items presented earlier, such as the first items in a list: the early-position aspect of the serial position effect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonym: serial position effect

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Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: effet de primauté — increased ability to remember items presented earlier
  • German: Primäreffekt — increased ability to remember items presented earlier
  • Polish: efekt pierwszeństwa — increased ability to remember items presented earlier
  • Russian: эффе́кт пе́рвенства (effékt pérvenstva) — increased ability to remember items presented earlier
  • Ukrainian: ефе́кт перви́нності (efékt pervýnnosti) — increased ability to remember items presented earlier