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English
Etymology
From Greek ειδητικος, from εἴδος ‘form’.

Pronunciation
IPA: /aɪˈdɛtɪk/

Adjective
en-adj

1. Pertaining to a memory or mental image of perfect clarity, as though actually visible; or to a person able to see such memories.

#:*1979: ‘Funny that I should remember it? I have an eidetic memory for numbers, can't help it. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol (Penguin 2001, p. 276)
#:*1993: Eidetic images are pictures in the head. They are internal images that have the full force of conventional vision, but which are retained solely in the mind of the eidetiker. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun

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