photographic
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˌfoʊtəˈgræfɪk/
- The documentary featured stunning photographic representations of wildlife in their natural habitats.
- photographic reproduction
- photographic image
- photographic portrait
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Examples
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Her compelling and unforgettable images and her individualistic photographic style became widely known and recognized.
Academic text (1995) -
The color flows across her face and neck like some photographic special effect in a film.
Fiction book (1996) -
The trees were distinct and photographic in the bright, pale February light.
Fiction book (1994) -
The content of these photographic images is a true representation of the subject matter.
Academic text (2010) -
Colorful kingfishers were also prime photographic targets while they perched and darted into the water repeatedly.
Academic text (2006) -
Her photographic memory allowed her to recall every detail of the event as if she had just seen it.
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He created a photographic record of the city's development over the past decade.
Synonyms
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6.7
Showing people or things so they look like real life
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7.0
An image that looks almost exactly like a real photograph
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
3
6.8
A flat sheet of glass or metal covered with a material that reacts to light to record pictures
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3.2
Tools like cameras, lenses, and lights that a photographer uses to take photos
- Specialized
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4.2
Paper or other material that changes when light hits it and is used to make photos
- Specialized
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3.2
Paper covered with a chemical that changes when it sees light, used to make photos
- Specialized
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3.1
A thin strip of material that cameras use to take pictures with light
- Specialized
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6.8
A light-sensitive coating on film or paper that records images when exposed to light
How Realistic
- Specialized
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8.2
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7.0
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4.5
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4.1
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6.7
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5.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
photographic = photograph (transparent) = photograph + ic
The meaning ('like a photograph' in accuracy/detail) is a straightforward adjectival derivation from 'photograph' + '-ic', so learners can deduce it from the base.
Etymology
Photographic comes from photo- 'light' and -graph 'to write', so a photograph is like 'writing with light'. That's why photographic can mean 'very exact' or 'showing a lot of detail', like a picture that looks real.