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imagery

/-ədʒɹi/ · noun

Meaning

  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.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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