Meaning & use
eidetic
Relating to unusually vivid and detailed recall of images, as if seeing them again exactly as before.
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He claimed to have an eidetic memory, recalling entire pages after a single reading.
Very few people possess a truly eidetic memory that lasts into adulthood.
A note on using this word
Eidetic memory is often called 'photographic memory' in casual speech, though eidetic is the more precise psychological term.
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