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eidetic

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/aɪˈdɛtɪk/

Definition of eidetic

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  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 help”
    “Eidetic images are pictures in the head. They are internal images that have the full force of conventional vision, but which are retained solely in the mind of the eidetiker.”
    “Les Assassins’ M. Fortier and M. Broullime and some others of his comrades-on-wheels believed Remy Marathe to be eidetic, near-perfect in recall and detail.”
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adj

  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 help”
    “Eidetic images are pictures in the head. They are internal images that have the full force of conventional vision, but which are retained solely in the mind of the eidetiker.”
    “Les Assassins’ M. Fortier and M. Broullime and some others of his comrades-on-wheels believed Remy Marathe to be eidetic, near-perfect in recall and detail.”
  2. Of or relating to the essential forms of a phenomena.

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Etymology

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

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