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eidetic

/aɪˈdɛtɪk/

eidetic adjective: marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.

Adjective

eidetic (comparative more eidetic, superlative most eidetic)

  1. Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
    • an eidetic memory
    • ‘Funny that I should remember it? I have an eidetic memory for numbers, can't help1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin, published 2001, page 276
  2. Of or relating to the essential forms of a phenomena.

eidetic meaning in Tamil

eidetic in Tamil

மீத்தெளிவு

Examples of eidetic in a sentence

  • Eidetic images are pictures in the head.1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
  • Broullime and some others of his comrades-on-wheels believed Remy Marathe to be eidetic, near-perfect in recall and detail.1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 127:

Forms of eidetic

comparativemore eidetic
superlativemost eidetic
alternative formedetic

Origin of eidetic

From German eidetisch, from Ancient Greek εἰδητικός (eidētikós), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).

Words formed from eidetic

Phrases with eidetic

Questions about eidetic

What does eidetic mean?
Eidetic means marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
What is eidetic in Tamil?
Eidetic in Tamil is மீத்தெளிவு. See Eidetic meaning in Tamil.
How do you use eidetic in a sentence?
Eidetic images are pictures in the head.
What part of speech is eidetic?
Eidetic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce eidetic?
Eidetic is pronounced /aɪˈdɛtɪk/.

Words near eidetic in the dictionary

  1. eiderdown
  2. eiderdowns
  3. eiderduck
  4. eiderducks
  5. eiders
  6. eidetic
  7. eidetic memories
  8. eidetic memory
  9. eidetic reduction
  10. eidetic reductions
  11. eidetically

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