Meaning & use

photographic

adjective·Academic

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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