DOCUMENTARY

documentary

(adjective) (of film, television, radio, or photography) depicting a real-life event using images or interviews with people involved in the event

documentary, documental

(adjective) relating to or consisting of or derived from documents

documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment

(noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

documentary (not comparable)

Of, related to, or based on documents.

Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.

(of a film, book etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.

Noun

documentary (plural documentaries)

A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

Antonyms

• fiction

Anagrams

• countrymade

Source: Wiktionary


Doc`u*men"ta*ry, a.

Definition: Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing. "Documentary evidence." Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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