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imagination — [ imaʒinasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. imaginatio I ♦ L IMAGINATION. 1 ♦ Faculté que possède l esprit de se représenter des images; connaissances, expérience sensible. Le domaine des idées et celui de l imagination. Cela a frappé son imagination. 2 ♦ … Encyclopédie Universelle
Imagination! — (formerly The Journey Into Imagination pavilion) is the name of a pavilion that sits on the western side of Future World , one of two themed areas of Epcot, a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida USA. It holds… … Wikipedia
Imagination — (>lat.: imago „Bild“) ist synonym mit Einbildung, Einbildungskraft, Phantasie, bildhaft anschaulichem Vorstellen.[1] Es wird darunter die psychologische Fähigkeit verstanden, sich nicht gegenwärtige Situationen, Vorgänge, Gegenstände und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Imagination — Im*ag i*na tion, n. [OE. imaginacionum, F. imagination, fr. L. imaginatio. See {Imagine}.] 1. The imagine making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to call up mental… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
imagination — Imagination. s. f. v. La faculté de l ame qui imagine. Il a l imagination vive, l imagination forte, l imagination grande, l imagination fertile, l imagination gastée. la force de l imagination. voyez ce que peut l imagination. un effet de l… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
IMAGINATION — IMAGINATION, the power of the soul which retains images derived from sense perception, or which combines such images or their parts into new composite images, which took on a special meaning in philosophy. To Aristotle (De Anima, 3), the term… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
imagination — imagination, fancy, fantasy are comparable when denoting either the power or the function of the mind by which mental images of things are formed or the exercise of that power especially as manifested in poetry or other works of art. The meanings … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Imagination — • The faculty of representing to oneself sensible objects independently of an actual impression of those objects on our senses Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Imagination Imagination … Catholic encyclopedia
imagination — Imagination, Imaginatio. Imagination rude, qui n est pas du tout façonnée, Informatio. L imagination et fantasie du peuple, Populi sensus. B. ex Cic … Thresor de la langue françoyse
imagination — IMAGINATION: Toujours vive. S en défier. Quand on n en a pas, la dénigrer chez les autres. Pour écrire des romans, il suffit d avoir de l imagination … Dictionnaire des idées reçues
imagination — (n.) faculty of the mind which forms and manipulates images, mid 14c., ymaginacion, from O.Fr. imaginacion concept, mental picture; hallucination, from L. imaginationem (nom. imaginatio) imagination, a fancy, noun of action from pp. stem of… … Etymology dictionary
