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Noun: documentary  `dókyu'menturee
  1. A film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
    - docudrama, documentary film, infotainment
Adjective: documentary  `dókyu'menturee
  1. Relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
    - documental
     
  2. Emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation
    - objective

Derived forms: documentaries

See also: document, existent, real

Type of: film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show, television program, television show, TV program, TV show

Encyclopedia: Documentary