eidetic
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9.9
- adjective
- /aɪˈdɛtɪk/
- Specialized
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eidético
- For it was not only the people who had long memories: the memories of Marcus Jefferson Wall were now and forever eidetic, and those who had given him the worst ones would pay most dearly for having done so.
- eidetic imagery
Examples
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Sheldon Cooper would be proud that you are trying to replicate his eidetic memory.
Blog text (10) -
The metaphor also reminds us that the writer is above all concerned with giving the reader as powerful an eidetic image as possible.
Academic text (1991) -
You know l possess an eidetic memory.
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"I'm sure that eidetic memory of yours heard what I said.
Fiction book (1998) -
That suggests that forgetting is actually useful, since eidetic memories are rare and not as useful as they may seem.
Blog text (16) -
Guys had nearly eidetic memories, which made them formidable.
Fiction book (1998) -
You have eidetic memory?
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Well, I'm eidetic.
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For example, high hypnotizables sometimes exhibit eidetic imagery (Crawford et al., 1986) and enhanced performance on visual memory discrimination tasks (Crawford & Allen, 1983), but only in hypnosis.
Academic text (1992) -
Her eidetic ability allows her to recall every detail of the painting as if she is seeing it again.
Synonyms
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Very bright and clear in color and easy to notice
How Vivid
Surface Forms
Morphology
eidetic = eid + etic
The components are Greek combining forms not identifiable as familiar standalone English words, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from the parts.
Etymology
The word eidetic comes from the Greek root eidos, meaning 'form' or 'shape', and it is the same root behind the familiar word idea. That's why eidetic describes mental images or memories that are so clear and exact they seem like a 'photograph' in your mind.