imagination
Pronunciation: /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/
The English word “imagination” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
- Creativity; resourcefulness.
- A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
Etymology
From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.
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