Eidetic
/aɪˈdɛtɪk/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
"an eidetic memory"
- 2 Of or relating to the essential forms of a phenomena.
Adjective
- 1 of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy wordnet
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More examples"‘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”).