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English
Etymology
From imagine + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
imaginal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the imagination, or to a mental image.
1992, Spirited Women Book Company (publisher), At the Crossroads, page 48:Ring sees both the NDE and UFOE as modern day shamanic initiations in which the journeyer (NDEer or UFOer) enters an "imaginal" reality, an alternative reality that coexists with physical reality and that is equally real.
- Of or relating to the insect imago.
Derived terms
French
Adjective
imaginal (feminine imaginale, masculine plural imaginaux, feminine plural imaginales)
- (relational) imago; imaginal
Further reading
Spanish
Adjective
imaginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural imaginales)
- imaginal