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imagination
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As a noun, imagination means the image-making power of the mind.
Meanings of imagination
7 meaningsnoun
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.”
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.
The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
“popular imagination created a world of demons”
“imagination reveals what the world could be”
Similar: imaginativeness, visionThe ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
“a man of resource”
Similar: resource, resourcefulness
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).