nondocumentary

nondocumentary

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English non-
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der.
Proto-Italic *dokeō
Latin doceō
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Latin documentumbor.
French document
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusder.
French -aire
French documentairebor.
English documentary
English nondocumentary

    From non- + documentary.

    Adjective

    nondocumentary (not comparable)

    1. (film) Not a documentary, or not documentary in nature
      • 2009 January 12, Brooks Barnes, “Hollywood Finds Headaches in Its Big Bet on 3-D”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        The director James Cameron on the set of "Avatar," a 3-D space adventure and his first nondocumentary film since "Titanic."

    Noun

    nondocumentary (plural nondocumentaries)

    1. A film or programme that is not a documentary.

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