documentary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

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

noun

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

Pronunciation

/ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/ /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-documentary.wav /ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/ /ˌdɑ.kjəˈmɛn.tɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-documentary.wav

Word forms

documentary documentaries

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary From French adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document, from Latin documentum. Equivalent to document + -ary.

Synonyms

documentative documentational

Antonyms

fiction

Related words

cinéma vérité

Derived words

documentarily documentariness documentary hypothesis nondocumentary predocumentary quasidocumentary undocumentary antidocumentary doco docucomedy docudrama docufantasy docufiction docufilm documedia documemoir documentarian documentarist documentarylike documercial docuseries docusoap docutainment drama documentary dramamentary false documentary fictional documentary fuckumentary microdocumentary minidocumentary mockumentary photodocumentary pseudodocumentary rockumentary schlockumentary semidocumentary shockumentary soapumentary stalkumentary vlogumentary webumentary

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