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documentary

/ˌdɒk.jəˈmɛn.tɹi/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
  2. Of, related to, or based on documents.
  3. Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
  4. (of a film, book etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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