imaginativeness
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i·mag·i·na·tive
(ĭ-măj′ə-nə-tĭv, -nā′tĭv)adj.
1. Having a lively imagination, especially a creative imagination.
2. Created by, indicative of, or characterized by imagination or creativity.
3. Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.
4. Having no truth; false.
i·mag′i·na·tive·ly adv.
i·mag′i·na·tive·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | imaginativeness - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be" fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings fancy - a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination dreaming, dream - imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality" imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction |
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imaginativeness
nounThe power of the mind to form images:
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