imagery

im·age·ry  (mj-r)

n. pl. im·age·ries

1. A set of mental pictures or images.

2.

a. The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.

b. The use of expressive or evocative images in art, literature, or music.

c. A group or body of related images, as in a painting or poem.

3.

a. Representative images, particularly statues or icons.

b. The art of making such images.

4. Psychology A technique in behavior therapy in which the patient uses pleasant fantasies to relax and counteract anxiety.

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imagery

Noun

pl -ries

1. figurative or descriptive language in a literary work

2. mental images

3. images collectively, esp. statues or carvings

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

imagery - the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" imaging, mental imagery, imagination representational process - any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else mind's eye - the imaging of remembered or invented scenes; "I could see her clearly in my mind's eye" vision - a vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death" envisioning, picturing - visual imagery dream, dreaming - a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" chimaera, chimera - a grotesque product of the imagination evocation - imaginative re-creation make-believe, pretense, pretence - imaginative intellectual play

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Collectively, the representations of objects reproduced electronically or by optical means on film, electronic display devices, or other media.

Translations

imagery [ˈɪmɪdʒərɪ] n → imágenes fpl

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imagery [ˈɪmɪdʒərɪ] n → images fpl

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imagery [ˈɪmɪdʒərɪ] image n (in writing) → Metaphorik f;

(in painting etc) → Symbolik f

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imagery [ˈɪmɪdʒərɪ] n → immagini fpl