adjective
- of, relating to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
- of or relating to eidos.
adjective psychol
- (of visual, or sometimes auditory, images) exceptionally vivid and allowing detailed recall of something previously perceived: thought to be common in children
- relating to or subject to such imagery
“pertaining to the faculty of projecting images,” 1924, from German eidetisch, coined by German psychologist Erich Jaensch (1883-1940), from Greek eidetikos “pertaining to images,” also “pertaining to knowledge,” from eidesis “knowledge,” from eidos “form, shape” (see -oid).