imagination

[ih-maj-uh-ney-shuhn] / ɪˌmædʒ əˈneɪ ʃən /

NOUN

power to create in one's mind

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artistry awareness fancy fantasy idea image imagery ingenuity insight inspiration intelligence inventiveness originality resourcefulness thought vision wit

STRONG

acuteness chimera cognition conception creation creativity enterprise fabrication ideality illusion invention notion perceptibility realization sally supposition thoughtfulness unreality verve visualization wittiness

WEAK

creative thought flight of fancy mental agility

Antonyms

STRONGEST

concrete fact ignorance inability reality truth

STRONG

death

WEAK

being entity existence material substance

Example Sentences

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The genetic material remains bound to the nuclear envelope, forming invaginations.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Air-tubes.—The air-tubes, like the food-canal, are formed by invaginations of the ectoderm, which arise close to the developing appendages, the rudimentary spiracles appearing soon after the budding limbs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

At the sides of the optic ganglia a pair of ectodermic invaginations are formed, which in the adult become the white bodies of the eyes, surrounding the optic ganglion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

Well-developed glandular invaginations occur in different positions on the foot in Pectinibranchia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

The otocysts and eyes are formed as invaginations of ectoderm, the former behind the eyes, at the sides of the funnel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

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