Associations to the word «Documentary»

Wiktionary

DOCUMENTARY, adjective. Of, related to, or based on documents.
DOCUMENTARY, adjective. Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
DOCUMENTARY, adjective. (of a film, book etc) presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.
DOCUMENTARY, noun. A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

Dictionary definition

DOCUMENTARY, noun. A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event.
DOCUMENTARY, adjective. Relating to or consisting of or derived from documents.
DOCUMENTARY, adjective. Emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; "objective art".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.