adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.

   "an eidetic memory"

2. 2
   Of or relating to the essential forms of a phenomena.

Adjective

1. 1
   of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy wordnet

Synonyms

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aliveenduringfreshgreenlastingrecollected

Example

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"‘Funny that I should remember it? I have an eidetic memory for numbers, can't help"

Etymology

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

Related phrases

eidetic memoryeidetic reductionsemi-eideticphotographic memory

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