Definition of imagination Imagination

/ɪmæˌʤʌnejˈʃʌn/ - [imatjuneyshun] - im•ag•i•na•tion

We found 14 definitions of imagination from 6 different sources.

What does imagination mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: imagination
imagination - the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
		imaging, imagery, mental imagery
		representational process any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else
		mind's eye the imaging of remembered or invented scenes; "I could see her clearly in my mind's eye"
		vision the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"
		envisioning, picturing visual imagery
		dreaming, dream a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"
		chimera, chimaera a grotesque product of the imagination
		evocation imaginative re-creation
imagination - 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"
		imaginativeness, vision
		creative thinking, creativeness, creativity the ability to create
		fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
		fancy a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
		fantasy, phantasy imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
		dreaming, dream a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"
imagination - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"
		resource, resourcefulness
		inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness the power of creative imagination

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Wiktionary

imagination (Noun)
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 (Noun)
Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
imagination (Noun)
Creativity; resourcefulness.
imagination (Noun)
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion; an imagining; something imagined.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

imagination (n.)
The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental imagines.
imagination (n.)
The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.
imagination (n.)
The power to recombine the materials furnished by experience or memory, for the accomplishment of an elevated purpose; the power of conceiving and expressing the ideal.
imagination (n.)
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

imagination
The ability to create imaginary images, events or stories.

Wikipedia

Imagination has to be primarily with the mind. It is the ability to form mental images of things or events. When someone "imagines" something he or she is trying to picture something in his/her mind that he/she has not experienced him/herself in reality.

The word Imaginary is also used to describe something that you have Imagined in your Imagination.

This is a very common word in English.