imagines
Sees without looking
Imagines is the plural of imago, a term from entomology and psychology.
In entomology, an imago is an insect in its final, adult stage—the butterfly that emerges from the chrysalis.
In Jungian psychology, an imago is an idealized mental image of a person, especially a parent, formed in childhood and carried unconsciously into adulthood.
His romantic failures stemmed from imagoes of his mother that no real woman could match.
Creates something novel
- createsBrings into being
- devisesInvents through ingenuity
- originatesStarts or arises from
- innovatesCreates novel solutions
conceives · designs · crafts · formulates · generates · inspires · ideates · improvises
Accepts as true
- presumesAccepts without confirmation
- deludesTricks into false belief
- misconstruesUnderstands incorrectly
- misbelievesHolds false notions
fantasizes · hallucinates · fabricates · illusion · mirage · delusion · wishful thinking · projects
Visual depictions of scenes
- envisionsMentally visualizes something
- visualizesForms mental pictures
- conjuresSummons by spell
- seesPerceives with eyes
renders · projects · mind's eye · depicts · conceives · forms · constructs · maps out
Thinks about carefully
- contemplatesConsiders thoughtfully at length
- entertainsProvides amusement to others
- supposesBelieves without certainty
- speculatesGuesses based on incomplete information
wonders · hypothesizes · ponders · theorizes · postulates · assumes · conjectures · projects
invents
Creates something novel
- createsBrings into being
- devisesInvents through ingenuity
- originatesStarts or arises from
innovates · conceives · designs · crafts · formulates · generates · inspires · ideates · improvises · fantasizes
assumes
Accepts as true
- presumesAccepts without confirmation
- deludesTricks into false belief
- misconstruesUnderstands incorrectly
misbelieves · fantasizes · hallucinates · fabricates · illusion · mirage · delusion · wishful thinking · projects · distorts
pictures
Visual depictions of scenes
- envisionsMentally visualizes something
- visualizesForms mental pictures
- conjuresSummons by spell
sees · renders · projects · mind's eye · depicts · conceives · forms · constructs · maps out · diagrams
considers
Thinks about carefully
- contemplatesConsiders thoughtfully at length
- entertainsProvides amusement to others
- supposesBelieves without certainty
speculates · wonders · hypothesizes · ponders · theorizes · postulates · assumes · conjectures · projects · foresees
daydream
Conscious fantasy while awake
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- whimsyPlayful, capricious quality
- fairytaleMagical children's narrative
dragon · unicorn · wizard · enchantment · fable · legend · mythology · goblin · elf · mermaid
- fanworksfanfic, fan fiction, fanfiction, fan art, fanart
- createscreates, invents, devises, designs, produces
- burial customsburial, burial rites, burials, burial customs, tombs
imaginesperceives
Becomes aware of something
observes · sees · witnesses · senses · experiences
imaginesknows
Possesses awareness of
verifies · confirms · ascertains · establishes · proves
- imagine thatExclamation of mild surprise
- imaginary friendsFictional companions children create
- imaginary worldsInvented settings for stories
- imaginary lineConceived but unseeable division
- imaginary numbersMultiples of i
- leave to the imaginationNot make explicit
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