photogenic

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CRAIG FULLER, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: I don't think that's something that the American people are going to make their mind up around, as to whether somebody is too photogenic or too public.

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  1. adjective Attractive as a subject for photography.
  2. adjective Biology Producing or emitting light; phosphorescent: photogenic bacteria.
  3. adjective Caused or produced by light: photogenic seizures.

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  • Before that arrow had gone home her second was loosed, and a third followed on its heels. —  Conan The Magnificent
  • Unlike my photogenic little friend, I've never tried riding a makiti, but I've been up on top of a dakhir, and let me tell you -- that's a real experience. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  • You couldn't hope to spirit this away though, photogenic or no. —  Strip Jack
  • CRAIG FULLER, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: I don't think that's something that the American people are going to make their mind up around, as to whether somebody is too photogenic or too public. —  CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2008
  • Or in this case, if you have sex with a girl who stalks the wife and stalks the kid, and also is not very photogenic -- I mean, Google searches are going nuts on this whole story because people want to see what she looks like, and they're not impressed. —  CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2009
 

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  1. = French photogénique = Italian fotogenico; as photogen-, photogenous.
 

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