semantic memory

1. 1.

   your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts

   Broaderlong-term memory

Questions about semantic memory

What does semantic memory mean?

semantic memory means "your memory for meanings and general (impersonal) facts".

Is semantic memory a common word?

semantic memory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.