semidocumentary

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noun

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

OriginEnglish documentary ← French documentaire ← Latin documentum →
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Meanings

nounsemidocumentary (plural semidocumentaries)

plural semidocumentaries

  1. a drama (film, book or TV) that presents a fictional story incorporating many factual details or actual events
adjectivesemidocumentary (comparative more semidocumentary, superlative most semidocumentary)

comparative more semidocumentary · superlative most semidocumentary

  1. of such a drama

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  7. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  8. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  9. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  10. Latindoceō
  11. Latindocumentum
  12. Frenchdocument
  13. Frenchdocumentaire
  14. Englishdocumentary
  15. Englishsemidocumentary

From semi- + documentary.

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APA

semidocumentary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semidocumentary

MLA

“semidocumentary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semidocumentary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semidocumentary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semidocumentary.

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