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Eidetic

[i-DED-ik]

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: Greek, 1920s

1.

Relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible.

Examples of Eidetic in a sentence

"The artist recalled things she’d seen with eidetic clarity and painted from those crisp images."

"Thanks to his eidetic memory, Terry never forgets which section of the parking lot he’s left his car in."

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