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DictionaryRoot: -ic
English

-ic

connected with or characteristic of

Forms

  • -ic

Origin

Through French and Latin -icus from Greek -ikos.

Note

It can indicate a field, a material, a resemblance, or a tendency; it has no single literal meaning in every word.

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adjective

cinematic

sin-uh-MAT-ik/ˌsɪnəˈmætɪk/

Relating to films or resembling their style.

Dramatic lighting gives the lone traveler's journey through the mountain pass a cinematic quality.

A dramatic cinematic landscape composition with a lone traveler silhouetted against a luminous mountain pass, strong visual storytelling while retaining visible editorial pen contours and watercolor.
Etymology
cinematGreekmovement
+icEnglishconnected with or characteristic of

The movement root reaches this sense through cinema: still photographs projected rapidly create the illusion of motion. Cinematic describes movies or qualities that make something feel like a movie.

In context

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon6:27
ScreenRant says "The film -- The film is perfect." Variety calls it a masterpiece and an epic cinematic achievement.
Ryan Gosling Surprises Wife Eva Mendes w/ a Birthday Serenade, Reacts to Project Hail Mary's Reviews

More examples

  • The director uses several unusual cinematic techniques.
  • Her photographs have a distinctly cinematic quality.
  • The course surveys major cinematic movements.

Forms

cinematic

Similar words

visual
Visual concerns sight generally; cinematic specifically evokes films or their techniques.