Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eidetic

/aɪˈdɛtɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: ei-de-t-ic
IPA: /aɪˈdɛtɪk/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

Of or relating to the essential forms of a phenomena.

Example Sentences

"an eidetic memory"
"‘Funny that I should remember it? I have an eidetic memory for numbers, can't help"
"Eidetic images are pictures in the head. They are internal images that have the full force of conventional vision, but which are retained solely in the mind of the eidetiker."
"Les Assassins’ M. Fortier and M. Broullime and some others of his comrades-on-wheels believed Remy Marathe to be eidetic, near-perfect in recall and detail."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: *weyd-, eidetisch, εἰδητικός

Inflected Forms

more eidetic (comparative) most eidetic (superlative) edetic (alternative)

Derived Forms

dyseidetic eidetically eidetics eidetiker noneidetic

Phrases

eidetic memory eidetic reduction semi-eidetic photographic memory

Frequently Paired Words

photographic memory

Questions

How do you pronounce eidetic?: The recorded pronunciation is /aɪˈdɛtɪk/.
What does eidetic mean?: Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
Where does eidetic come from?: It is traced to German.

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