EIDETIC


Meaning of EIDETIC in English

I. (ˈ)ī|ded.ik adjective

Etymology: Greek eidētikos, from eidos + -ētikos -etic

1.

a. : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of eide, essences, forms, or images

b. : intuitionist

phenomenology … attempts the construction of a priori sciences on the basis of concrete intuition — pure grammar, pure logic, pure law, the eidetic science of the world intuitively apprehended — Maurice Natanson

2. : of or relating to voluntarily producible visual images having almost photographic accuracy : vivid , lifelike

perhaps the artists have a greater eidetic power than most adults — Franz Boas

• ei·det·i·cal·ly ed.ə̇k(ə)lē adverb

II. noun

( -s )

: one that experiences eidetic images

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.