documentary
English
editEtymology
editFrom French adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document, from Latin documentum. Equivalent to document + -ary.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/, /ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.tɹi/
Adjective
editdocumentary (not comparable)
- Of, related to, or based on documents.
- Which serves to document (record or illustrate) a subject.
- (of a film, book, etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
- a documentary film
Derived terms
editTranslations
editpresented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter
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Noun
editdocumentary (countable and uncountable, plural documentaries)
- A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
- (uncountable) Such works collectively, as a genre.
- 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 61:
- Such sequences draw attention to the affective appeals that environmental documentary typically makes, precisely by absenting those appeals.
Antonyms
editDerived terms
edit- antidocumentary
- docucomedy
- docudrama
- docufantasy
- docufiction
- docufilm
- documedia
- documentarian
- documentarist
- documentarylike
- documercial
- docusoap
- docutainment
- drama documentary
- dramamentary
- false documentary
- fictional documentary
- fuckumentary
- minidocumentary
- mockumentary
- photodocumentary
- pseudodocumentary
- rockumentary
- schlockumentary
- semidocumentary
- shockumentary
- soapumentary
- stalkumentary
- vlogumentary
- webumentary
Translations
editprogramme or publication of fact
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documentary film
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See also
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