Imagination
Word | IMAGINATION |
Character | 11 |
Hyphenation | im ag i na tion |
Pronunciations | /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Imagination"
What do we mean by imagination?
The ability to form mental images of things that are not present to the senses or not considered to be real. noun
The formation of such images. noun
One of these mental images. noun
The mind viewed as the locus or repository of this ability or these images. noun
The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness. noun
Attention, interest, or enthusiasm. noun
The act or faculty of forming a mental image of an object; the act or power of presenting to consciousness objects other than those directly and at that time produced by the action of the senses; the act or power of reproducing or recombining remembered images of sense-objects; especially, the higher form of this power exercised in poetry and art. noun
An image in the mind; a formulated conception or idea. noun
The act of devising, planning, or scheming; a contrivance; scheme; device; plot. noun
A baseless or fanciful opinion. noun
Synonyms Imagination, Fancy. By derivation and early use fancy has the same meaning as imagination, but the words have become more and more distinctly separated. (See Wordsworth's preface to his “Lyrical Ballads.”) Imagination is the more profound, earnest, logical. Fancy is lighter, more sportive, and often more purely creative. We call “Hamlet” and “Macbeth” works of Shakspere's imagination, the “Midsummer Night's Dream” and “The Tempest” of his fancy. noun
In entomology, the act of transforming into an imago or of reaching the imaginal stage: said of insects completing their metamorphosis. noun
The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines. noun
The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy. noun
The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal. noun
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion. noun
The image-making power of the mind; the act of creating or reproducing ideally an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. noun
Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing. noun
Creativity; resourcefulness. noun
The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
Creativity; resourcefulness.
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
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