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Eidetic memory — Eidetic memory, photographic memory, or total recall is the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with extreme accuracy and in abundant volume. The word eidetic (pronEng|аɪˈdɛtɪk) means related to extraordinarily detailed and… … Wikipedia
eidetic image — Also referred to as eidetic imagery, eidetic phenomenon, mental imagery, imagery, and photographic memory. The adjective eidetic comes from the Greek noun eidos, which means appearance or idea. The term eidetic image was introduced in or… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
eidetic — adj. & n. adj. Psychol. (of a mental image) having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible. n. a person able to see eidetic images. Derivatives: eidetically adv. Etymology: G eidetisch f. Gk eidetikos f. eidos form … Useful english dictionary
eidetic — pertaining to the faculty of projecting images, 1924, from Ger. eidetisch, coined by German psychologist Erich Jaensch (1883 1940), from Gk. eidetikos pertaining to images, also pertaining to knowledge, from eidesis knowledge, from eidos form,… … Etymology dictionary
eidetic — [ī det′ik] adj. [Gr eidētikos, constituting a figure < eidos, what is seen, shape: see OID] designating or of mental images that are unusually vivid and almost photographically exact eidetically adv … English World dictionary
eidetic — adjective Etymology: Greek eidētikos of a form, from eidos form more at wise Date: circa 1924 marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall especially of visual images < an eidetic memory > • eidetically adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
eidetic — 1. Relating to the power of visualization of and memory for objects previously seen which reaches its height in children aged 8 to 10. 2. A person possessing this power to a high degree. [G. eidon, saw (aorist of verb)] * * * ei·det·ic ī det ik… … Medical dictionary
eidetic memory — noun The ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with great accuracy and in seemingly unlimited volume. Syn: photographic memory … Wiktionary
eidetic — ei·det·ic || aɪ detɪk adj. pertaining to visual images (seen recently or long before) which can be recalled vividly and with great detail … English contemporary dictionary
eidetic — [ʌɪ dɛtɪk] adjective Psychology relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible. Derivatives eidetically adverb Origin 1920s: coined in Ger. from Gk eidētikos, from eidos form … English new terms dictionary
