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countable and uncountable, plural imaginations
The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. quotations examples
She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing. examples
Creativity; resourcefulness. examples
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined. quotations examples
And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.
1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Youth and Age”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret