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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō; equivalent to ymagynen + -acioun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imad͡ʒiˌnaːsiˈuːn/, /iˌmaːd͡ʒiːnaːsjun/
Noun
ymaginacioun (plural ymaginaciouns)
- The ability to perceive images in the mind; visualisation:
- The ability to create mental images; imagination.
- The construction of false mental images; fantasizing
- A mental image; something imagined:
- (rare) A false mental image; an illusion or hallucination.
- Cleverness, craft, creativity; mental acuity or its use:
- Plotting, contriving, scheming; the making of a (devious) plan.
- Falsification, fraud, deceit; the use of lies.
- A notion; something held or thought in the mind:
- (rare) A belief or viewpoint; something supposed.
- (rare) Advance knowledge, prevision.
- (rare) A device, artifice, or contrivance.
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