English Explanatory Dictionary

imagery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
  2. Imitation work.
  3. Images in general, or en masse.
  4. Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
  5. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
  6. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/ /-ədʒɹi/ /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒəɹi/ en-us-imagery.ogg /ɪˈmedʒ(ə)ri/

Word forms

imagery imageries

Etymology

From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image + -ry.

Derived words

afterimagery imagery rescripting microimagery neuroimagery orthoimagery phosphoimagery
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