Meaning of pelmanism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A system of training to improve the memory.
   uncountable
2. A memory card game in which a pack of cards is spread out face-down and players try to turn up pairs with the same symbol.
   uncountable

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Examples

“Leamas who normally read⟳ nothing, read⟳ newspapers slowly and with concentration. He remembered details, like⟳ the names and addresses of people who were the subject of small news items. He did it almost unconsciously as a kind of private pelmanism, and it absorbed him entirely.”

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