recencyn.

Brit.

/ˈriːsnsi/, U.S.

/ˈrisənsi/

Forms: 1600s recencie, 1600s– recency.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recent adj., -ency suffix.

Etymology: < recent adj.: see -ency suffix. Compare post-classical Latin recentia (from 13th cent. in British sources), French récence (1537 in Middle French in an isolated attestation in en récence anew, afresh; subsequently from 1801).

1. The state or quality of being recent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [noun]

freshnessa1398

lateness1566

recency1620

recentity1631

recentness1647

lateliness1693

1620 W. Guild Moses Unvailed 134/2 Teaching vs euer, not to prolong our dutie of thankefulnesse and sanctification: but in recencie for benefits dayly renued, to practise the same.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. G A peculiar antiquity or recency consists in several Medicaments.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cvi. 189 She objected the recency of her kinswoman's death.

1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. i. vii. 232 There are two reasons which probably induced the orator in this particular to be so sparing. One is, the recency of the crime.

1842 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 12 165 The comparative recency of the event, when Homer wrote, leaves no doubt that there is a foundation of truth in the actions of Bellerophon.

1882 C. E. Dutton Tertiary Hist. Grand Cañon District v. 83 Even here where historic antiquity merges into geologic recency the one gives us no measure of the other.

1904 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 17 60 There is reason to assume that the forms of the story in which the Devil figures are modern rather than mediæval; yet their recency has not prevented the attainment of European circulation.

1943 G.-H. Smith et al. Japan 5 Although the best land is cleared, stumps remain in many places, testifying to the recency of settlement.

1999 Rotunda Fall–Winter 20 Cladistics: a method of classification that uses recency of common ancestry as the criterion for grouping taxa.

2. Psychology. The fact of being recent, as a factor in memory or apperception; spec. the fact of an item having been encountered more recently than other items, as increasing its likelihood of being remembered. Frequently attributive, esp. in recency effect. Cf. primacy n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > [noun] > predominance of certain impressions

recency1891

primacy1896

1891 Mind 16 38 The effect of intensity is ordinarily most conspicuous, when it is combined with that of recency.

1926 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 37 551 When the lists become subjected to more and more repetitions the decreasing of the primacy and recency effect..becomes less marked.

1938 R. S. Woodworth Exper. Psychol. ii. 38 The wrong name recalled acquires recency value and blocks the correct name.

1971 Sci. Amer. Aug. 85/1 There is considerable evidence that the recency effect is due to retrieval from short-term storage.

2001 G. Ward in J. Andrade Working Memory in Perspective x. 221 The size of the memory span, but not the size of the recency effect, was affected by the age, intelligence,..and language processing ability of the participants.

Compounds

recency illusion n. the belief or impression that something that one has just noticed oneself (esp. a word, grammatical construction, etc.) is of recent origin, when it is in fact long-established.Cf. frequency illusion n. at frequency n. Additions.

ΚΠ

2005 A. Zwicky Lang. Log 7 Aug. in http://itre.cis.upenn.edu (blog, Internet Archive Wayback Machine 10 Sept. 2005) We have here another instance of the Recency Illusion, the belief that things you have noticed only recently are in fact recent... Again and again—retro not, double is, speaker-oriented hopefully, split infinitives, etc.—the phenomena turn out to have been around, with some frequency, for very much longer than you think.

2010 @4ndyman 12 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 16 July 2019) Surprised to discover that the word ‘fanzine’ is around 70 years old! Victim of the recency illusion, I guess.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	recency
释义	recencyn. Brit. /ˈriːsnsi/, U.S. /ˈrisənsi/ Forms: 1600s recencie, 1600s– recency. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recent adj., -ency suffix. Etymology: < recent adj.: see -ency suffix. Compare post-classical Latin recentia (from 13th cent. in British sources), French récence (1537 in Middle French in an isolated attestation in en récence anew, afresh; subsequently from 1801). 1. The state or quality of being recent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [noun] freshnessa1398 lateness1566 recency1620 recentity1631 recentness1647 lateliness1693 1620 W. Guild Moses Unvailed 134/2 Teaching vs euer, not to prolong our dutie of thankefulnesse and sanctification: but in recencie for benefits dayly renued, to practise the same. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. G A peculiar antiquity or recency consists in several Medicaments. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cvi. 189 She objected the recency of her kinswoman's death. 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. i. vii. 232 There are two reasons which probably induced the orator in this particular to be so sparing. One is, the recency of the crime. 1842 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 12 165 The comparative recency of the event, when Homer wrote, leaves no doubt that there is a foundation of truth in the actions of Bellerophon. 1882 C. E. Dutton Tertiary Hist. Grand Cañon District v. 83 Even here where historic antiquity merges into geologic recency the one gives us no measure of the other. 1904 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 17 60 There is reason to assume that the forms of the story in which the Devil figures are modern rather than mediæval; yet their recency has not prevented the attainment of European circulation. 1943 G.-H. Smith et al. Japan 5 Although the best land is cleared, stumps remain in many places, testifying to the recency of settlement. 1999 Rotunda Fall–Winter 20 Cladistics: a method of classification that uses recency of common ancestry as the criterion for grouping taxa. 2. Psychology. The fact of being recent, as a factor in memory or apperception; spec. the fact of an item having been encountered more recently than other items, as increasing its likelihood of being remembered. Frequently attributive, esp. in recency effect. Cf. primacy n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > [noun] > predominance of certain impressions recency1891 primacy1896 1891 Mind 16 38 The effect of intensity is ordinarily most conspicuous, when it is combined with that of recency. 1926 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 37 551 When the lists become subjected to more and more repetitions the decreasing of the primacy and recency effect..becomes less marked. 1938 R. S. Woodworth Exper. Psychol. ii. 38 The wrong name recalled acquires recency value and blocks the correct name. 1971 Sci. Amer. Aug. 85/1 There is considerable evidence that the recency effect is due to retrieval from short-term storage. 2001 G. Ward in J. Andrade Working Memory in Perspective x. 221 The size of the memory span, but not the size of the recency effect, was affected by the age, intelligence,..and language processing ability of the participants. Compounds recency illusion n. the belief or impression that something that one has just noticed oneself (esp. a word, grammatical construction, etc.) is of recent origin, when it is in fact long-established.Cf. frequency illusion n. at frequency n. Additions. ΚΠ 2005 A. Zwicky Lang. Log 7 Aug. in http://itre.cis.upenn.edu (blog, Internet Archive Wayback Machine 10 Sept. 2005) We have here another instance of the Recency Illusion, the belief that things you have noticed only recently are in fact recent... Again and again—retro not, double is, speaker-oriented hopefully, split infinitives, etc.—the phenomena turn out to have been around, with some frequency, for very much longer than you think. 2010 @4ndyman 12 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 16 July 2019) Surprised to discover that the word ‘fanzine’ is around 70 years old! Victim of the recency illusion, I guess. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1620
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