eidetic
/aɪˈdɛtɪk/adjective
eidetic is an adjective meaning “Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-I-D-E-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does eidetic mean?
adjective
- 1
Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
an eidetic memory
- 2
Of or relating to the essential forms of a phenomena.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce eidetic?
- /aɪˈdɛtɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-eidetic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of eidetic
- more eidetic comparative
- most eidetic superlative
- edetic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is eidetic?
Eidetic appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Eidetic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to a memory of perfect clarity:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does eidetic come from?
From German eidetisch, from Ancient Greek εἰδητικός (eidētikós), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).