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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.
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Eidetic
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Example Sentences
- Late in life, this eidetic recall of deep-seated emotions could reduce her to tears, abruptly ending an interview.
- It really developed eidetic memory--something that makes me.
- Eidetic images differ from other forms of visual imagery in several important ways.
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Word Origin & History
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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