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imago

[ ih-mey-goh, ih-mah- ]

noun

plural imagoes, imagines
  1. Entomology. an adult insect.
  2. Psychoanalysis. an idealized concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.


imago

/ ɪˈɪɡəʊ /

noun

  1. an adult sexually mature insect produced after metamorphosis
  2. psychoanal an idealized image of another person, usually a parent, acquired in childhood and carried in the unconscious in later life
“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

imago

/ ĭ-ō /

, Plural imagoes ĭ-ə-ŧ′

  1. An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis.
  2. Compare larva
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of imago1

1790–1800; < New Latin, Latin imāō; image
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of imago1

C18: New Latin, from Latin: likeness; see image
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While that unease remains a familiar reality for queer people, Guiraudie’s film imagines a not-too-distant world where queerness is folded into the fabric of everyday life.

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Occasionally, when it gets hot in the summer and they wish they had air conditioning, Abraham imagines moving to a brand-new place.

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Miranda July’s book ‘All Fours,’ about a Los Angeles woman’s reckoning with perimenopause, imagines the end of fecundity as a joyful second flowering.

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In another example, Mr Colman imagines the aircraft dropping sonar buoys and flying over a small fishing boat.

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The court’s decision “distorts our jurisdiction and imagines a constitutional violation where none occurred,” Thomas wrote.

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