eidetic
eidetic
Definition
eidet·ic (ī det′ik)
adjective
designating or of mental images that are unusually vivid and almost photographically exact
Etymology: Gr eidētikos, constituting a figure < eidos, what is seen, shape: see -oid
eidet′i·cally adverb
eidetic
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- imagery: Eidetic - Refers to eidetic memory and eidetic imagery.
- memory: Ironically, Severian is unreliable because of the very characteristic that makes him appear wholly reliable: his eidetic memory.
- poetry: Here we find the truly supranational nature of eidetic poetry.
- atomism: Eidetic atomism is thus a prime source of the philosophical " hypotheses " Hume aims to eliminate.
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