edetic

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Definition of edetic

2 senses · 1 part of speech

adj

  1. Pertaining to mythology and symbolism.
    “Thus we have the geographic interpretation of history by Huntington, Haushofer, Mahan, Spykman, Turner and their disciples, the economic interpretation by Marx and his disciples, the racial explanations of Hegel and Hitler, the morphology of Spengler and the edetic views of Arnold Toynbee.”
    “He was edetic in his approach to ideologies and therefore, he could not be fixed to any particular mould or stereotype.”
    “[…] cosmos are edetic reductions and not intended to correspond with theologically triune understandings of deity.”
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adj

  1. Pertaining to mythology and symbolism.
    “Thus we have the geographic interpretation of history by Huntington, Haushofer, Mahan, Spykman, Turner and their disciples, the economic interpretation by Marx and his disciples, the racial explanations of Hegel and Hitler, the morphology of Spengler and the edetic views of Arnold Toynbee.”
    “He was edetic in his approach to ideologies and therefore, he could not be fixed to any particular mould or stereotype.”
    “[…] cosmos are edetic reductions and not intended to correspond with theologically triune understandings of deity.”
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of eidetic.
    “Their high level of form-perception and retentive memories are based on recognition, resensation and edetic imagery.”
    “A child with edetic imagery is able to project on a plain surface what has just been viewed and reproduce in minute detail what has been seen,”
    “It was there that I found out I had an edetic memory because I could recall every lecture just about verbatim.”
    “Sometimes this Edetic/Photographic Memory can be a curse, he cachinnated into the whatever the fuck kind of wooden door it was just as the door flew open from the inside.”

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