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IMAGO
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Irregular inflected forms: imagines , imagoes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adult insect produced after metamorphosis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("imago" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("imago" is a kind of...):
epitome; image; paradigm; prototype (a standard or typical example)
Domain category:
analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)
