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imagery

[im-ij-ree, im-i-juh-ree]

noun

plural

imageries 
  1. the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively.

    the dim imagery of a dream.

  2. pictorial images, as in works of art.

  3. the use of rhetorical images.

  4. figurative description or illustration; rhetorical images collectively.

  5. Psychology.mental images collectively, especially those produced by the action of imagination.



imagery

/ ˈɪmɪdʒrɪ, -dʒərɪ /

noun

  1. figurative or descriptive language in a literary work

  2. images collectively

  3. psychol

    1. the materials or general processes of the imagination

    2. the characteristic kind of mental images formed by a particular individual See also image imagination

  4. military the presentation of objects reproduced photographically (by infrared or electronic means) as prints or electronic displays

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

imagery

  1. The mental pictures created by a piece of writing: “The imagery of “The Waste Land” — crumbling towers, dried-up wells, toppled tombstones — conveys the author's sense of a civilization in decay.”

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • imagerial adjective
  • imagerially adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of imagery1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English imagerie, from Old French, equivalent to image + -ery
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Satellite imagery shared with BBC Verify has provided a clearer picture of damage inflicted on two of Iran's key nuclear sites as well as other military targets.

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“It’s inevitable that the most extreme and compelling imagery will win the battle for attention on social media and on TV,” Silverman said via email.

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There is a pause of new student visa application appointments while the State Department increases security vetting procedures, including probing social media profiles for pro-Palestinian language and imagery.

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When the protesters in Los Angeles didn't give Trump the imagery he wanted, he deliberately escalated and lied about the reasons.

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Victorian imagery provided the inspiration for the exhibition at the Science Gallery, part of King's College London, which she said had hundreds of women wanting to take part.

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