imagery

Noun

Meaning

The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.

Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.

The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.

Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

imaging simile illustration imagination metaphor symbolism iconography figure of speech pictures mental imagery chimera image poetics device scene
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Antonyms

life fact evidence basis matter reality
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Hypernyms

representational process

Hyponyms

chimera chimaera make-believe dream dreaming pretense

Phrases with the word

abstract imagery mixed imagery lacking imagery imagery rescripting infrared imagery aerial imagery

Examples

Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality. John Lennon

Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. Marshall McLuhan

Arguments are like eels: however logical, they may slip from the minds weak grasp unless fixed there by imagery and style. Alain de Botton

To know how scientists engage in visual imagery is to understand how they think creatively. E. O. Wilson

The mental imagery involved with pianistic tactilia is not related to the striking of individual keys but rather to the rites of passage between notes. Glenn Gould

The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, and symbolism is merely transcendental imagery. Jean Cocteau

Close letter words and terms

imagenology imageology imager imagery rescripting images that trigger intensely distressing feelings imagescreen