quasidocumentary

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

quasi- +‎ documentary

Adjective[edit]

quasidocumentary (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat or partially documentary.
    • 2008 March 31, Manohla Dargis, “Voice, Eyes and Camera of Katrina Survivors”, in New York Times[1]:
      Shot in the familiar quasidocumentary, tag-along style, “Foster Child” at first seems too narrowly focused on Thelma’s personal tribulations but eventually throws open a window onto a world in which the only available remedy to the combination of poverty and religion rests in the bank accounts of childless foreigners.