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Imagery

Imagery Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Imagery? [n] the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Imagery: imagination \| imaging \| mental imagery Related Terms \| Find terms related to Imagery: allusion \| alphabet \| apparition \| art \| asiaticism \| blueprint \| brainchild \| bubble \| cameo \| catalog \| cataloging \| character \| character sketch \| charactering \| characterization \| chart \| chimera \| choreography \| concept \| conception \| conceptualization \| conventional representation \| dance notation \| delineation \| delirium \| demonstration \| depiction \| depictment \| description \| details \| device \| diagram \| drama \| drawing \| eidetic image \| eidolon \| envisaging \| envisioning \| euphuism \| evocation \| exemplification \| fancy \| fantasque \| fantasy \| fiction \| figment \| figuration \| figurative language \| figurativeness \| figure \| figure of speech \| floridity \| flourish \| flower \| flowery style \| graphic account \| hallucination \| hieroglyphic \| iconography \| ideogram \| idle fancy \| illusion \| illustration \| image \| imagery study \| imagination \| imaging \| imagining \| imagism \| imagistic poetry \| impression \| insubstantial image \| invention \| itemization \| letter \| lifelike image \| limning \| logogram \| logograph \| maggot \| make-believe \| manner of speaking \| map \| mental image \| mental picture \| mental representation \| musical notation \| myth \| nonliterality \| nonliteralness \| notation \| objectification \| ornament \| particularization \| phantasm \| phantom \| photograph \| pictogram \| picture \| picturing \| picturization \| plan \| poetic imagery \| portrait \| portraiture \| portrayal \| prefigurement \| presentment \| printing \| profile \| projection \| purple passage \| realization \| rendering \| rendition \| representation \| romance \| schema \| score \| script \| sick fancy \| sketch \| specification \| syllabary \| symbol \| symbolism \| tablature \| thick-coming fancies \| trip \| trope \| turn of expression \| vapor \| vignette \| vision \| visual image \| visualization \| vivid description \| Vorstellung \| way of speaking \| whim \| whimsy \| wildest dreams \| word painting \| word-painting \| writing See Also \| chimaera \| chimera \| dream \| dreaming \| envisioning \| evocation \| make-believe \| mind's eye \| picturing \| pretence \| pretense \| representational process \| vision Imagery In Webster's Dictionary \Im"age*ry\, n. [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.] 1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. ``Painted imagery.'' --Shak. In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. --Dryden. 2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance. What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? --Prior. 3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. The imagery of a melancholic fancy. --Atterbury. 4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse. I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. --Dryden.

Imagery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Imagery?

[n] the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Imagery: imagination | imaging | mental imagery

Imagery In Webster's Dictionary

\Im"age*ry\, n. [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.]
1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation
   of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.
   ``Painted imagery.'' --Shak.

         In those oratories might you see Rich carvings,
         portraitures, and imagery.            --Dryden.

2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.

         What can thy imagery of sorrow mean?  --Prior.

3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas;
   imaginary phantasms.

         The imagery of a melancholic fancy.   --Atterbury.

4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid
   descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible
   objects; figures in discourse.

         I wish there may be in this poem any instance of
         good imagery.                         --Dryden.

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