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documentary
[dok-yuh-men-tuh-ree, -tree]
adjective
Also documental pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents.
a documentary history of France.
Movies, Television., based on or re-creating an actual event, era, life story, etc., that purports to be factually accurate and contains no fictional elements.
a documentary life of Gandhi.
noun
plural
documentariesMovies, Television., a documentary film, radio or television program, etc.
documentary
/ ˌdɒkjʊˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ /
adjective
Also: documental. consisting of, derived from, or relating to documents
presenting factual material with little or no fictional additions
the book gives a documentary account of the war
noun
a factual film or television programme about an event, person, etc, presenting the facts with little or no fiction
Other Word Forms
- documentarily adverb
- nondocumental adjective
- nondocumentary adjective
- predocumentary adjective
- semidocumentary adjective
- undocumentary adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of documentary1
Example Sentences
A year after being handed a 20-year ban on filmmaking he dispatched a documentary with the title "This is Not a Film" to the Cannes Festival on a flash drive stashed in a cake.
When I first had the blood tests, I thought it would provide an interesting scene for our documentary.
The man we were speaking to for our latest Disclosure documentary was living in a nearby asylum hotel, where angry protests had been taking place since the summer.
In talking to people as research for my documentary, there seem to me to be other factors, which are potential stumbling blocks to fuller public support.
Speaking in a recent episode of the documentary series The Reluctant Traveller, he told presenter Eugene Levy "change is on my agenda, change for good".
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