Meaning & use
photographic
Relating to photography or photographs, or resembling a photograph in accuracy and detail.
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The artist's painting was so photographic that visitors thought it was a real picture.
The magazine printed a photographic essay about life in the remote village.
A note on using this word
A 'photographic memory' describes an ability to recall images or details with extremely vivid accuracy.
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