imagery
15
4.9
- noun
- /ˈɪmædʒəri/
:
imagen mental
- Some texts lend themselves to creating mental imagery more than others.
- guided imagery
- mental imagery
- positive imagery
So our hearing acutely helps us to have a very detailed imagery of the world.
- So our hearing acutely helps us to have a very detailed imagery of the world.
- And in my first soul retrieval, there were aspects and, and visual imagery of writing and being a writer.
- One of the reasons why feeling it is so important is because it magnifies the imagery in your mind.
- That radio receiver is switched on and it's transducing frequency into very profound imagery in their brain, just like ATV antenna.
- They speak, they often are very, I'd say, skilled at at visual imagery.
Examples
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All testing provided a positive level of significance in imagery, goal setting, and self-confidence.
Academic text (1990) -
Its colorful and humorous imagery is directed at audiences who may never have visited an art gallery before.
Academic text (2008) -
It's really strong imagery in your dreams.
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His imagery was really innovative
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Encourage students to use mental imagery to connect what they read with their personal experiences.
Academic text (2012) -
To become highly proficient with the use of imagery, the athlete must use it daily.
Academic text (1990) -
As a result of the animal's cultural connotations, buffalo imagery is prevalent in the arts of many sub-Saharan cultures.
Academic text (2008) -
Several schools of psychology, such as Jungian and Gestalt, use guided imagery or fantasy to access inner wisdom.
Academic text (1990) -
Official nationalism deploys this rural imagery chiefly for the purpose of unification.
Academic text (1990) -
The poet's use of vivid imagery helped the readers visualize the scenes from the story.
Synonyms
848
3.8
A clear image in the mind of something not present
717
2.8
The ability to form new pictures and ideas in your mind that are not real
23
5.6
The ability to imagine pictures and scenes in your head
1
4.2
Ability to make pictures in your mind of things that are not there
Compounds
How Vivid
- Literature
1
4.0
15
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Imagery comes from the old Latin word imago, which means 'picture' or 'likeness', and is the same root as image and imagine. So imagery here is the 'pictures' you form in your mind to practise, remember, or feel things.