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Meaning of 'imagination' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Imagination [ n.]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.

Meaning of 'imagination' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . imagination [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
Example in sentence:
  • a man of resource
Meaning (2):
- the ability to form mental images of things or events
Example in sentence:
  • he could still hear her in his imagination
Meaning (3):
- the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
Example in sentence:
  • imagination reveals what the world could be;
  • popular imagination created a world of demons

Nearby Words:

image imageable imaged imageless imager imagery imaginability imaginable imaginal imaginant

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  • Sociological imagination
    Sociological imagination is an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.

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