imagination
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See also: Imagination
English[編集]
Etymology[編集]
From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō.
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Noun[編集]
imagination (countable and uncountable, plural imaginations)
- 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.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.
- Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
- You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination.
- Creativity; resourcefulness.
- His imagination makes him a valuable team member.
- A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
- Synonyms: conception, notion, imagining
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Youth and Age”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- 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.
Synonyms[編集]
- (the representative power): creativity, fancy, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness
Derived terms[編集]
Translations[編集]
image-making power of the mind
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construction of false images
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creativity; resourcefulness — see also creativity
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mental image
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Further reading[編集]
imagination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French[編集]
Etymology[編集]
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin imāginātiōnem.
Pronunciation[編集]
Noun[編集]
imagination f (plural imaginations)
- (countable and uncountable) imagination
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Further reading[編集]
- “imagination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[編集]
Alternative forms[編集]
Etymology[編集]
From Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin imāginātiō.
Noun[編集]
imagination f (plural imaginations)
- (countable and uncountable) imagination
- thought; reflection; idea
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Descendants[編集]
- French: imagination
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