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photographic memory

American  
[foh-tuh-graf-ik mem-ree, mem-uh-ree] / ˈfoʊ təˌgræf ɪk ˈmɛm ri, ˈmɛm ə ri /

noun

photographic memories plural
  1. the exceptional ability to recall information with very high accuracy or vivid detail, especially visual or spatial details.


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With the aural equivalent of a photographic memory, she advised financial companies on regulatory and public-policy issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

But Cameron took it in his stride, making photographic memory books and scrapbooks of their relationship and writing notes and letters to his fiancee.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2025

Renner says he now has a photographic memory, which comes in handy when he’s memorizing dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times May 17, 2024

The boy with a photographic memory and a penchant for detailed drawing became fascinated with identifying trees during a winter scouting excursion in the 1960s.

From Seattle Times Sep. 1, 2023

Before long he discovered he had a photographic memory.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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