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IMAGINATIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
Example:
imagination reveals what the world could be
Synonyms:
imagination; imaginativeness; vision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("imaginativeness" is a kind of...):
creative thinking; creativeness; creativity (the ability to create)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "imaginativeness"):
fictitious place; imaginary place; mythical place (a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings)
fancy (imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination)
fantasy; phantasy (imagination unrestricted by reality)
dream; dreaming (imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake)
imaginary being; imaginary creature (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)
Derivation:
imaginative ((used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action)
