(of visual, or sometimes auditory, images) exceptionally vivid and allowing detailed recall of something previously perceived: thought to be common in children
2.
relating to or subject to such imagery
Derived forms
eidetically (eiˈdetically)
adverb
Word origin
C20: from Greek eidētikos, from eidos shape, form
eidetic in American English
(aɪˈdɛtɪk)
adjective
designating or of mental images that are unusually vivid and almost photographically exact
Derived forms
eidetically (eiˈdetically)
adverb
Word origin
Gr eidētikos, constituting a figure < eidos, what is seen, shape: see -oid
Examples of 'eidetic' in a sentence
eidetic
Not quite the same words, his excellent (though unlike Wield's, not quite eidetic ) memory told him.
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)