eidetic

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy

Word Origin

eidetic (adj.)
"pertaining to the faculty of projecting images," 1924, from German eidetisch, coined by German psychologist Erich Jaensch (1883-1940), from Greek eidetikos "pertaining to images," also "pertaining to knowledge," from eidesis "knowledge," from eidos "form, shape" (see -oid).

Example

1. It is claimed peek had an eidetic memory , or photographic memory , something that people aren 't even sure actually exists .

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