Thesaurus: imagery

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1. n. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.
2. n. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
3. n. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
4. n. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
5. n. the ability to form mental images of things or events
6. 1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. "Painted imagery." Shak. In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. Dryden. 2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance. What can thy imagery of sorrow mean Prior. 3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. The imagery of a melancholic fancy. Atterbury. 4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse. I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. Dryden.
7. n:100 n the ability to form mental images of things or events