photogenic

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The definition of photogenic is someone or something that photographs well and looks good on camera.

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A person who always looks great in pictures is an example of someone who would be described as photogenic.

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See photogenic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. due to or produced by light
  2. producing or giving off light; phosphorescent
  3. that looks or is likely to look attractive in photographs: said especially of a person

Origin: photo- + -genic

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See photogenic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Attractive as a subject for photography.
  2. Biology Producing or emitting light; phosphorescent: photogenic bacteria.
  3. Caused or produced by light: photogenic seizures.

Related Forms:

  • phoˌto·genˈi·cal·ly adverb

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