eideticadj.n.

Brit.

/ʌɪˈdɛtɪk/, U.S.

/aɪˈdɛdɪk/

Etymology: < German eidetisch (E. R. Jaensch), < Greek εἰδητικός, < εἶδος form.

Psychology.

A. adj.

Applied to an image that revives an optical impression with hallucinatory clearness, or to the faculty of seeing such images, or to a person having this faculty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > sharp or distinct

graphical1626

smart1644

sharp1675

vivid1690

briska1727

unblurred1809

vive1825

clear1835

shadeless1835

film-free1880

eidetic1924

crisp1937

deblurred1968

1924 G. W. Allport in Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 100 The true eidetic image, in distinction to the visual memory-image, revives the earlier optical impression when the eyes are closed, in a dark room, and sometimes when the eyes are normally open, with hallucinatory clearness.

1924 G. W. Allport in Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 101 Children with less eidetic ability frequently need to be instructed regarding the nature of the phenomenon.

1924 G. W. Allport in Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 120 Eidetic imagery is a common possession of children.

1925 C. Fox Educ. Psychol. 81 The inability to discriminate between hallucinations and normal mental imagery and the mental confusion thereby entailed is responsible for a psychological abortion called the ‘ eidetic image’.

1931 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. July 95 The most vivid and original fantasias were produced by eidetic children.

1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook xxvi. 361 There are people endowed with the faculty of eidetic imagery.

1970 Nature 17 Jan. 227/1 Many people may wish for a ‘photographic memory’, an ability which has been referred to by psychologists as eidetic imagery.

1970 Nature 17 Jan. 227/2 Only thirty-five of the children were classified as eidetic.

B. n.

1. A person who sees eidetic images.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > aberrant sensory perception > [noun] > one who experiences

hallucinator1860

halluciné1886

eidetic1939

1939 J. D. S. Pendlebury Archaeol. Crete v. 275 Snijder has produced some remarkable parallels between Minoan art and that of a class of people known as ‘eidetics’.

1970 Nature 17 Jan. 227/2 The eidetics claimed that they were not simply remembering what had been in the picture.

2. plural (see quot. 1930).

ΚΠ

1930 O. Oeser tr. E. R. F. Jaensch Eidetic Imagery 1 Eidetics—the theory of eidetic or perceptual images.

1943 H. Read Educ. through Art iv. 83 But generally Jaensch's attempt to force racial distinctions..contradicts the whole genetic theory of eidetics.

Derivatives

eiˈdetically adv. by an eidetic image.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > clearly visible > sharply or distinctly

brightlyOE

clearlyc1300

fairc1390

vively1537

bremely1577

in focus1785

sharply1817

trenchantly1873

eidetically1929

1929 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 112/1 An object may be eidetically seen either immediately after it has been removed from sight or after a considerable period of time..has elapsed.

1970 Nature 27 June 1268/1 Can a purely binocular pattern..be stored eidetically?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eidetic
释义	eideticadj.n. Brit. /ʌɪˈdɛtɪk/, U.S. /aɪˈdɛdɪk/ Etymology: < German eidetisch (E. R. Jaensch), < Greek εἰδητικός, < εἶδος form. Psychology. A. adj. Applied to an image that revives an optical impression with hallucinatory clearness, or to the faculty of seeing such images, or to a person having this faculty. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > sharp or distinct graphical1626 smart1644 sharp1675 vivid1690 briska1727 unblurred1809 vive1825 clear1835 shadeless1835 film-free1880 eidetic1924 crisp1937 deblurred1968 1924 G. W. Allport in Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 100 The true eidetic image, in distinction to the visual memory-image, revives the earlier optical impression when the eyes are closed, in a dark room, and sometimes when the eyes are normally open, with hallucinatory clearness. 1924 G. W. Allport in Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 101 Children with less eidetic ability frequently need to be instructed regarding the nature of the phenomenon. 1924 G. W. Allport in Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 120 Eidetic imagery is a common possession of children. 1925 C. Fox Educ. Psychol. 81 The inability to discriminate between hallucinations and normal mental imagery and the mental confusion thereby entailed is responsible for a psychological abortion called the ‘ eidetic image’. 1931 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. July 95 The most vivid and original fantasias were produced by eidetic children. 1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook xxvi. 361 There are people endowed with the faculty of eidetic imagery. 1970 Nature 17 Jan. 227/1 Many people may wish for a ‘photographic memory’, an ability which has been referred to by psychologists as eidetic imagery. 1970 Nature 17 Jan. 227/2 Only thirty-five of the children were classified as eidetic. B. n. 1. A person who sees eidetic images. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > aberrant sensory perception > [noun] > one who experiences hallucinator1860 halluciné1886 eidetic1939 1939 J. D. S. Pendlebury Archaeol. Crete v. 275 Snijder has produced some remarkable parallels between Minoan art and that of a class of people known as ‘eidetics’. 1970 Nature 17 Jan. 227/2 The eidetics claimed that they were not simply remembering what had been in the picture. 2. plural (see quot. 1930). ΚΠ 1930 O. Oeser tr. E. R. F. Jaensch Eidetic Imagery 1 Eidetics—the theory of eidetic or perceptual images. 1943 H. Read Educ. through Art iv. 83 But generally Jaensch's attempt to force racial distinctions..contradicts the whole genetic theory of eidetics. Derivatives eiˈdetically adv. by an eidetic image. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > clearly visible > sharply or distinctly brightlyOE clearlyc1300 fairc1390 vively1537 bremely1577 in focus1785 sharply1817 trenchantly1873 eidetically1929 1929 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 112/1 An object may be eidetically seen either immediately after it has been removed from sight or after a considerable period of time..has elapsed. 1970 Nature 27 June 1268/1 Can a purely binocular pattern..be stored eidetically? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1924
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