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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ei·det·ic       [ahy-det-ik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of, pertaining to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
2.of or pertaining to eidos.

[Origin: 1920–25; < Gk eidétikós, equiv. to eǐd(os) eidos + -étikos -etic]
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ei·det·ic       (ī-dět'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of, relating to, or marked by extraordinarily detailed and vivid recall of visual images.


[German eidetisch, from Greek eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

ei·det'i·cal·ly adv.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
eidetic 
"pertaining to the faculty of projecting images," 1924, from Ger. eidetisch, coined by Ger. psychologist Erich Jaensch (1883-1940), from Gk. eidetikos "pertaining to images," also "pertaining to knowledge," from eidesis "knowledge," from eidos "form, shape" (see -oid).

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eidetic

adjective
of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy 

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