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   Im·ag·i·na·tion

   /iˌmajəˈnāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses: "she'd never been blessed with a vivid imagination" Similar imaginative facultycreative powerfancyinformal:mind's eyeinterestfascinationattentionpassioncuriositypreoccupation
   • ▪ the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful: "technology gives workers the chance to use their imagination" Similar creativityimaginativenesscreativenessvisioninspirationinsightinventivenessinventionresourcefulnessinitiativeingenuityenterpriseoriginalityinnovationinnovativenessindividualityunorthodoxynonconformityclevernesswitquick-wittednessgeniusflairpanacheartistryartistic power
   • ▪ the part of the mind that imagines things: "a girl who existed only in my imagination"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin imaginatio(n-), from the verb imaginari ‘picture to oneself’, from imago, imagin- ‘image’.

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