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eidetic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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adj

Meaning 1

Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, neuroscience, sciences

Examples

  • an eidetic memory

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to the essential forms of a phenomena.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, phenomenology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 3

of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From German eidetisch, from Ancient Greek εἰδητικός (eidētikós), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кристално ясен (kristalno jasen) — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • Danish: eidetisk — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • Dutch: eidetisch — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • Finnish: valokuva- — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • Finnish: eideettinen — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • French: eidétique — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • German: eidetisch — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • German: fotographisch — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • Hungarian: eidetikus — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • Polish: ejdetyczny — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • Portuguese: eidético — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • Spanish: eidético — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity
  • Swedish: eidetisk — pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity