Imagination

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Old French imaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō

Full definition of imagination

Noun

1. The image-making power of the mind; the act of creating or reproducing ideally an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.
• 1913, w, Lord Stranleigh Abroad Chapter 5, She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.
2. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination.
3. Creativity; resourcefulness.His imagination makes him a valuable team member.
4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion; an imagining; something imagined.
• 1597, Francis Bacon, "Of Youth and Age", Essays: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

• (the representative power) creativity, fancy, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness