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

[ Syn: imaginativeness , vision ]

the ability to form mental images of things or events; he could still hear her in his imagination

[ Syn: imaging , imagery , mental imagery ]

the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; a man of resource

[ Syn: resource , resourcefulness ]