video vérité
[ ver-i-tey; French vey-ree-tey ]
/ ˌvɛr ɪˈteɪ; French veɪ riˈteɪ /
noun Television.
a technique, derived from cinéma vérité, in which people in real life are portrayed as they actually are without rehearsal.
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Origin of video vérité
First recorded in 1965–70; see origin at cinéma vérité
Words nearby video vérité
videotape, videotape recorder, video telephony, videotex, videotext, video vérité, vide post, vide supra, vidette, vide ut supra, Videvdat
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