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 [dok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, -tree]   Origin

doc·u·men·ta·ry

   [dok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, -tree] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
adjective
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Also, doc·u·men·tal  [dok-yuh-men-tl] . pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
2.
Movies, Television. based on or re-creating an actual event, era, life story, etc., that purports to be factually accurate and contains no fictional elements: a documentary life of Gandhi.
noun
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Movies, Television. a documentary film, radio or television program, etc.

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Origin:
1795–1805; document + -ary

Related forms
doc·u·men·tar·i·ly, adverb
non·doc·u·men·tal, adjective
non·doc·u·men·ta·ry, adjective, noun, plural -ries.
pre·doc·u·men·ta·ry, adjective
sem·i·doc·u·men·ta·ry, adjective, noun, plural -ries.
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un·doc·u·men·ta·ry, adjective
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documentary
c.1810, "pertaining to documents," from document + -ary. Meaning "factual, meant to provide a record of something" is from 1926, from Fr. film documentarie (1924). The noun (short for documentary film) is attested from 1935. Docudrama is a 1961 coinage.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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