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eidetic

 
Dictionary: ei·det·ic   (ī-dĕt'ĭk) pronunciation

adj.
Of, relating to, or marked by extraordinarily detailed and vivid recall of visual images.

[German eidetisch, from Greek eidos, form.]

eidetically ei·det'i·cal·ly adv.

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(eye-DET-ik)

adjective
Marked by extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall.

Etymology
From German eidetisch, from Greek eidetikos, from eidos (form), ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see) that is the source of words such as wise, view, supervise, and wit

Usage
"He (Jorge Semprun) really does know hundreds of poems, he says. When he was young, he had a near eidetic memory, 'but these days my memory is more selective.'" — Helen Kaye; Memory and Commitment; Jerusalem Post (Israel); Apr 3, 1997.

"The mother is desperate and the child, as it happens, has an eidetic memory and detailed information about the villain's illicit businesses." — Don D'Ammassa; The Mocking Program; Science Fiction Chronicle (Radford, Virginia); Jul 1, 2002.


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marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy


 
 
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