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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.Ģżbased 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.Ģża documentary film, radio or television program, etc.
documentary
/ ĖdÉkjŹĖmÉntÉrÉŖ, -trÉŖ /
adjective
Also: documental.Ģżconsisting 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 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- documentarily adverb
- nondocumental adjective
- nondocumentary adjective
- predocumentary adjective
- semidocumentary adjective
- undocumentary adjective
- Ė»å“Ē³¦³ÜĖ³¾±š²Ō³Ł²¹°ł¾±±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of documentary1
Example Sentences
Suddenly, weāre doing a documentary, or weāre doing a balm for what you wish government was like or what you vaguely remember it was like.
Politicians typically donāt mind campaign documentaries, because a race is a road show and the camera is a practice run for the performance part of the gig.
Towards the end of filming the documentary, Heston is keen to ask me about my own research into bipolar care in the UK.
The accomplished mother that photographer-writer Rachel Elizabeth Seed never knew is the star of her deeply affecting āA Photographic Memory,ā one of last yearās best documentaries, finally making its way to Los Angeles theaters.
Prior to that, Howard directed and produced the Disney+ documentary āPets,ā which examines the relationship between people and their furry friends.
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