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imagery

[ im-ij-ree, im-i-juh-ree ]

noun

plural imageries.
  1. the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively:

    the dim imagery of a dream.

  2. pictorial images, as in works of art.
  3. the use of rhetorical images.
  4. figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively.
  5. Psychology. mental images collectively, especially those produced by the action of imagination.


imagery

/ ˈɪmɪdʒrɪ; -dʒərɪ /

noun

  1. figurative or descriptive language in a literary work
  2. images collectively
  3. psychol
    1. the materials or general processes of the imagination
    2. the characteristic kind of mental images formed by a particular individual See also image imagination
  4. military the presentation of objects reproduced photographically (by infrared or electronic means) as prints or electronic displays
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

imagery

  1. The mental pictures created by a piece of writing: “The imagery of “The Waste Land” — crumbling towers, dried-up wells, toppled tombstones — conveys the author's sense of a civilization in decay.”
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ···· [im-, uh, -, jeer, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
  • a·۾·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of imagery1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English imagerie, from Old French, equivalent to image + -ery
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Example Sentences

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All graphics and imagery for this project were designed by Lee Martin.

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The imagery associated with the central tragic deaths of this season isn’t subtle at all, but it is indelible.

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Just last week, China's leader was sitting down with chief executives from big international corporations – including many from Europe – and the imagery was clear.

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Negron’s stylistic and storytelling influences are varied: from the retro technology and stylish imagery of “The Rocketeer” to a Southern Gothic aesthetic born of a Baptist upbringing.

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But those artists approached representational imagery in a wide variety of ways.

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