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imagination
[ ih-maj-uh-ney-shuhn ]
noun
- the action or process of forming such images or concepts.
- the faculty of producing ideal creations consistent with reality, as in literature, as distinct from the power of creating illustrative or decorative imagery. Compare fancy ( def 9 ).
- the product of imagining a conception or mental creation, often a baseless or fanciful one.
- ability to face and resolve difficulties; resourcefulness:
a job that requires imagination.
Synonyms: , ,
- Psychology. the power of reproducing images stored in the memory under the suggestion of associated images reproductive imagination or of recombining former experiences in the creation of new images directed at a specific goal or aiding in the solution of problems creative imagination.
- (in Kantian epistemology) synthesis of data from the sensory manifold into objects by means of the categories.
- Archaic. a plan, scheme, or plot.
imagination
/ ɪˌæɪˈԱɪʃə /
noun
- the faculty or action of producing ideas, esp mental images of what is not present or has not been experienced
- mental creative ability
- the ability to deal resourcefully with unexpected or unusual problems, circumstances, etc
- (in romantic literary criticism, esp that of S. T. Coleridge) a creative act of perception that joins passive and active elements in thinking and imposes unity on the poetic material Compare fancy
Derived Forms
- ˌˈԲپDzԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·i·ԲtDz· adjective
- ԴDzi·i·ԲtDz· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of imagination1
Idioms and Phrases
see figment of one's imagination .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Where we will be after four years of this destructive revolution of nihilism I will leave to the reader’s imagination.
Shelley is overeager and desperate; he just lacks Jimmy’s/Saul’s imagination and gumption.
Being born again at that moment, Pagels writes in her remarkable “Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus,” “opened up vast spaces in my imagination. It changed my life.”
You have to use your imagination a bit, Iron Age artefacts from 2,000 years ago have rusted or faded and are far from their original glory.
Speaking recently, he said: "The story seemed to catch the public's imagination and I suppose it's a testament to the affection and esteem that people around the country had for Ken."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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