imagination
nounEtymology
From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.
- derived from imāginātiō
- derived from imaginacion
- inherited from ymaginacioun
Definitions
The image-making power of the mind
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.
- Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.
- She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.
Particularly, construction of false images
Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
- You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination.
Creativity
Creativity; resourcefulness.
- His imagination makes him a valuable team member.
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A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
- It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires.
- And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.
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Derived
by any stretch of the imagination, by no stretch of imagination, by no stretch of the imagination, counterimagination, figment of one's imagination, imaginational, imaginationless, leave little to the imagination, leave nothing to the imagination, leave to the imagination, misimagination, reimagination
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at imagination. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at imagination. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at imagination
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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