video vérité

[ ver-i-tey; French vey-ree-tey ]
/ ˌvɛr ɪˈteɪ; French veɪ riˈteɪ /

noun Television.

a technique, derived from cinéma vérité, in which people in real life are portrayed as they actually are without rehearsal.

Origin of video vérité

First recorded in 1965–70; see origin at cinéma vérité