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imagination
English
Etymology
From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin im?gin?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mæd???ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
imagination (countable and uncountable, plural imaginations)
- 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.
- Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
- Creativity; resourcefulness.
- A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
- Synonyms: conception, notion, imagining
- 1597, Francis Bacon, "Of Youth and Age", Essays:
- 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.
Synonyms
- (the representative power): creativity, fancy, imaginativeness, invention, inventiveness
Translations
Further reading
- imagination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin im?gin?ti?, im?gin?ti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ma.?i.na.sj??/
Noun
imagination f (plural imaginations)
- (countable and uncountable) imagination
Related terms
- image
- imaginer
- imaginatif
Further reading
- “imagination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Alternative forms
- ymagination
Etymology
From Old French imaginacion, borrowed from Latin im?gin?ti?.
Noun
imagination f (plural imaginations)
- (countable and uncountable) imagination
- thought; reflection; idea
Related terms
- imaginer
Descendants
- French: imagination
imagination From the web:
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novelty
English
Etymology
From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?v?lti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?v?lti/
- Hyphenation: nov?el?ty
Noun
novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)
- The state of being new or novel; newness.
- A new product; an innovation.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
- Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
- A small mass-produced trinket.
- In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.
Derived terms
- novelty song
- novelty theory
Translations
novelty From the web:
- what novelty is worth that sweet monotony
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- what novelty shop
- what's novelty act meaning
- what's novelty-seeking behavior
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