Imagination - Definition

n 1: 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:
imagination, imaginativeness, vision]
2: the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he
could still hear her in his imagination" [syn: imagination,
imaging, imagery, mental imagery]
3: the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a
man of resource" [syn: resource, resourcefulness,
imagination]