non-documentary
adjective[before noun]
(alsonondocumentary)uk/ˌnɒn.dɒk.jəˈmen.tər.i/us/ˌnɑːn.dɑː.kjəˈmen.t̬ɚ.i/non-documentaryadjective[before noun](FILM)
not having thefeaturesof adocumentary(= afilmortelevisionorradioprogrammethat givesfactsandinformationabout asubject):
He is the first non-documentaryfilmmakerto havesecuredrightsto the singer'slifeandmusic.
Hereleasedfourfull-lengthnondocumentarymoviesbefore hisdeath.
- Nondocumentaryfilmmakersconsistentlydrawtheboundarybetweenfactandfictionin thisratherblurredway.
- This is his first non-documentaryfilmtodealdirectlywithcinemaitself.
- Shefinallygot to make her first non-documentaryfeaturein 1999.
Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- Afrofuturism
- allegorical
- allegory
- anime
- autobiographical
- computer-animated
- cyberpunk
- episodic
- Gothic
- kitchen-sink
- melodrama
- prosy
- pulpy
- satirical
- science fiction
- self-referential
- SFF
- shoot-em-up
- smash
non-documentaryadjective[before noun](EVIDENCE)
notinvolvingorcontainedindocuments:
Aneventmay beprovedby nondocumentaryevidence,eventhough a writtenrecordof it was made.
They can use other nondocumentarymethodsofidentification.
Proving and disproving
- actions speak louder than wordsidiom
- anti-sexist
- attest
- authenticate
- convince
- credential
- demonstrability
- demonstrable
- demonstrably
- dispel
- disprove
- lie
- non-evidence
- probatory
- proof positive
- provable
- prove
- the acid test
- vindicate
- vindication