i·mag·i·na·tive

(ĭ-măj′ə-nə-tĭv, -nā′tĭv)

adj.

1. Having a lively imagination, especially a creative imagination.

2. Created by, indicative of, or characterized by imagination or creativity.

3. Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.

4. Having no truth; false.

i·mag′i·na·tive·ly adv.

i·mag′i·na·tive·ness n.

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Noun

imaginativeness - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"

imagination, vision

creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create

fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings

fancy - a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

fantasy, phantasy - imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"

dreaming, dream - imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"

imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction

imaginativeness

noun

The power of the mind to form images:

fancy, fantasy, imagination.

Translations

Einbildungskraft

fantasia immaginazione

imaginativeness

[ɪˈmædʒɪnətɪvnɪs] N → imaginativa f

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imaginativeness

n → Fantasiereichtum m, → Phantasiereichtum m; (of person also) → Fantasie f, → Phantasie f

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