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documentary

Pronunciation: /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/

The English word “documentary” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of, related to, or based on documents.
  2. Which serves to document (record or illustrate) a subject.
  3. Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.

noun

  1. A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
  2. Such works collectively, as a genre.

Etymology

From French adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document, from Latin documentum. Equivalent to document + -ary.

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