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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
Then, she stumbled on a documentary that highlighted the benefits of kratom in regards to chronic pain and mental health.
Re-creating moments shown or discussed in documentaries, podcasts and in the frenzy of news coverage about the case felt like an important piece of the dramatization for Clarke.
The recent New Yorker documentary “Rovina’s Choice” opens with scenes of hot blowing sand and drone footage of the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya, home to about 300,000 people.
He recalls its emphasis on music and quirkiness—including a science teacher who had been interviewed for a UFO documentary and sports coaches who sang in the open-air hallways.
War in Ukraine, and the hazardous role of the journalists who document it, fills the frame in two new documentaries.
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