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Of, related to, or based on documents. examples
Which serves to document (record or illustrate) a subject. examples
(of a film, book, etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter. examples
countable and uncountable, plural documentaries
A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner. examples
(uncountable) Such works collectively, as a genre. quotations examples
Such sequences draw attention to the affective appeals that environmental documentary typically makes, precisely by absenting those appeals.
2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 61