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Imagery

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Noun

1. imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery

the ability to form mental images of things or events

Example Sentences:
'he could still hear her in his imagination'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Imagery

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noun plural -ries
1. 
figurative or descriptive language in a literary work
2. 
images collectively
3. psychology
a. 
the materials or general processes of the imagination
b. 
the characteristic kind of mental images formed by a particular individual
See also image (sense 7), imagination (sense 1)
4. military
the presentation of objects reproduced photographically (by infrared or electronic means) as prints or electronic displays

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Imagery

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nounWord forms: plural ˈimageries
1.  Rare
images generally; esp., statues
2. 
mental images, as produced by memory or imagination
3. 
descriptions and figures of speech

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Imagery

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n. pl. im·age·ries
1. A set of mental pictures or images.
2.
a. The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.
b. The use of expressive or evocative images in art, literature, or music.
c. A group or body of related images, as in a painting or poem.
3.
a. Representative images, particularly statues or icons.
b. The art of making such images.
4. Psychology A technique in behavior therapy in which the patient uses pleasant fantasies to relax and counteract anxiety.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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