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| 1. | [ noun ] the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses | |
| Synonyms: | vision imaginativeness | |
| Examples: | "popular imagination created a world of demons" "imagination reveals what the world could be" |
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| Related terms: | creativity dream fantasy fancy imaginary_place imaginary_being imagine | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (psychology) the ability to form mental images of things or events | |
| Synonyms: | imagery imaging mental_imagery | |
| Examples: | "he could still hear her in his imagination" |
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| Related terms: | representational_process dream vision picturing mind's_eye evocation pretense chimera visualize | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | |
| Synonyms: | resource resourcefulness | |
| Examples: | "a man of resource" |
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| Related terms: | inventiveness armory | |
| Similar spelling: |
imaginative imaginatively imaginary_part imagined imaginary imaginable |
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