Recency (Noun)
Meaning 1
A time immediately before the present.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The movie's poor reviews suffered from recency, having just opened to harsh critics' feedback a few days ago.
- She brushed off her driving worries due to the recency of passing her license test.
- Researchers tried to take advantage of the recency effect when analyzing participant's answers from memory recall experiments.
- Advertising analysts recognized that purchase intent might suffer due to recency in buyer recall surveys taken only 6 months later.
- Witness statements relied on a favorable memory, owing in part to recency since police began gathering them that very same day.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
The property of having happened or appeared not long ago.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.