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imagination
has definitions from the field of psychology
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[ noun ] the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
Synonyms Examples "popular imagination created a world of demons" "imagination reveals what the world could be" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)When , therefore , it turned its attention to the concrete entities with which popular imagination had peopled the world of spirit , these entities soon lost whatever status they had enjoyed as actual elements of external reality . Although the particular form of conceptualization which popular imagination had made in response to the experience of spirit was undoubtedly defective , the raw experience itself which led to such excesses remains with us as vividly as ever . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Although lacking absolute verisimilitude , they supply the ear and the imagination with all necessary materials for re-creation of the original . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The comfort was short-lived , yet she found herself returning to the assurance whenever her imagination forced images on her too awful to contemplate without the prop of illusion . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)Rector had no doubt that Hino would come_back from the village bursting with information , ready to impart it with his customary gusto , liberally embellished with his active imagnation . Related terms creativity dream fantasy fancy imaginary_place imaginary_being imagine |
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[ noun ] (psychology) the ability to form mental images of things or events
Synonyms Examples "he could still hear her in his imagination" Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)It should be added that in man neocortical hypothalamic interrelations probably play a role in the fusion of emotional processes with those underlying perception , memory , imagination , and creativity . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)But although the idea of communism is very old even in More 's day and did not spring full-clad from his imagination in 1515 , it is not communism as_such that we are concerned with . Related terms representational_process dream vision picturing mind's_eye evocation pretense chimera visualize |
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[ noun ] the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
Synonyms Examples "a man of resource" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The trick these two play upon Jacoby reveals their want not simply of decency but of imagination as_well . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)He had gotten stuck_with a job too big for his imagination ; he had to cling_to routine , tested procedures . Related terms |
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