From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō.

• IPA: /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/

imagination

1. 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.

   Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.

2. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.

   You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination.

3. Creativity; resourcefulness.

   His imagination makes him a valuable team member.

4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.

   Synonyms: conception, notion, imagining

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Youth and Age”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC ↗:

     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.

• (the representative power) creativity, fancy, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness

• French: imagination
• German: Vorstellungskraft, Imagination, Einbildungskraft, Fantasie
• Italian: immaginazione
• Portuguese: imaginação
• Russian: воображе́ние
• Spanish: imaginación, magín

• Portuguese: imaginação
• Russian: воображе́ние

• German: Vorstellung, Einbildung
• Portuguese: imaginação
• Russian: воображе́ние
• Spanish: imaginación