semidocumentary

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- 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 English semidocumentary From semi- + documentary.

Definitions

  1. a drama (film, book or TV) that presents a fictional story incorporating many factual…

    a drama (film, book or TV) that presents a fictional story incorporating many factual details or actual events

  2. of such a drama

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for semidocumentary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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