documentary

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
adjective emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation

From French adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document, from Latin documentum. Equivalent to document + -ary.

Your other films have been documentaries." — Life Blood, Thomas Hoover
E.B., reprint issued by, 76 n.; Documentary History of New York, 197 n., 229 n., 236 n., 262 n. Ogilby, America, xii. — Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680, Jasper Danckaerts
But in consequence, my narrative must be in great measure documentary, as I cannot rely on my memory, except for definite particulars, positive or negative. — Apologia pro vita sua : $b being a history of his religious opinions, John Henry Newman

docudrama, documentary film, infotainment

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