noun
Meaning 1
The characteristic of being imaginative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imaginativity
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
imaginativeness
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noun
Meaning 2
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- popular imagination created a world of demons
- imagination reveals what the world could be
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imagination, vision
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
Narrower terms: imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place, fancy, fantasy, phantasy, dream, dreaming, imaginary being, imaginary creature
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English imaginative Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English imaginativeness From imaginative + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kekseliäisyys — characteristic of being imaginative
- Italian: immaginosità — characteristic of being imaginative
- Polish: polot — characteristic of being imaginative