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adjective
- 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 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
Etymology: From Greek , from á "form".
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