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Meaning of 'imagery' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Imagery [ n.]
- The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.
- Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
- Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Meaning of 'imagery' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . imagery [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the ability to form mental images of things or events
Example in sentence:
  • he could still hear her in his imagination

Nearby Words:

image imageable imaged imageless imager imaginability imaginable imaginal imaginant imaginarily

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