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eidetic

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ei·det·ic  (-dtk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or marked by extraordinarily detailed and vivid recall of visual images.

[German eidetisch, from Greek eidos, form; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

ei·deti·cal·ly adv.

eidetic [aɪˈdɛtɪk]
adj Psychol
1. (Psychology) (of visual, or sometimes auditory, images) exceptionally vivid and allowing detailed recall of something previously perceived: thought to be common in children
2. (Psychology) relating to or subject to such imagery
[from Greek eidētikos, from eidos shape, form]
eidetically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.eidetic - of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy
representational - (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen; "representational art"; "representational images"
Translations
eidetic [aɪˈdetɪk] ADJ [memory, vision] → eidético
eidetic
adjeidetisch


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CJ: Yes, this particular, eidetic sense of our collective meaning, arising out of historical conditions, and the way the Founding Fathers' ideal of freedom was inscribed with a special meaning in the souls of black folk, has shaped almost every story, essay, novel, drawing, teleplay, and critical article I've composed for the last three and a half decades .
They insist that the post-secular mandates or involves a phenomenological move, the eidetic reduction of Being that Heidegger tried to exposit.
Mastery of this mechanism allows human beings to control at the eidetic level "forces acting on the cosmic level," and it must be achieved so that man can become omniformis.
 
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