edetic
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
Definition of edetic
2 senses · 1 part of speech
adj
-
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.”
See all 2 definitions Show less
adj
-
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.”
-
(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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Words you can make from edetic
36 playable · top: DECEIT (9 pts)
Best play deceit 9 points5-letter words
3 words4-letter words
15 words3-letter words
10 words2-letter words
7 wordsFind your best play with edetic
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes edetic, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.