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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
Having stripped away most of the documentary’s narration and sit-down interviews with Kerr’s family and friends, the film barely explores anyone’s psychology — and Blunt’s railroaded Dawn loses her chance to speak for herself.
In a documentary, she later claimed that fans had included Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Pope Benedict XVI.
The documentary shows us what’s really happening, tracking one horrific example of what administrators get away with.
The 13-page complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, stems from numerous comments Ray J made this year about his old flame and her family in a TMZ documentary and on a Twitch livestream.
"What a great way to go out that gig was," he said in one of his final interviews for the documentary.
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