Noun

(en noun)

The image-making power of the mind; the act of creating or reproducing ideally an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.

Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.

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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination .}}

Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.

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

Creativity; resourcefulness.

His imagination makes him a valuable team member.

A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion; an imagining; something imagined.

* 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.

Noun

(en noun)

An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action.

An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.

A disposition to be impulsive.

An impulsive change of mind.