eidetic

ei·det·ic

adj \ī-ˈde-tik\

Definition of EIDETIC

: marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall especially of visual images <an eidetic memory>

— ei·det·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Origin of EIDETIC

Greek eidētikos of a form, from eidos form — more at wise

First Known Use: circa 1924

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with EIDETIC

aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic