reproductive imagination

noun

See under imagination(def 6).

Words nearby reproductive imagination

reproduction proof, reproductive, reproductive cell, reproductive cloning, reproductive cycle, reproductive imagination, reproductive isolation, reproductive system, reproductive systems, reprographics, reprography

Definition for reproductive imagination (2 of 2)

imagination
[ ih-maj-uh-ney-shuh n ]
/ ɪˌmædʒ əˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

Origin of imagination

1300–50; Middle English < Latin imāginātiōn- (stem of imāginātiō) fancy, equivalent to imāgināt(us) past participle of imāginārī to imagine ( imāgin-, stem of imāgō image + -ātus -ate1) + -iōn- -ion

SYNONYMS FOR imagination

3 See fancy.
5 ingenuity, enterprise, thought.

OTHER WORDS FROM imagination

i·mag·i·na·tion·al, adjective non·im·ag·i·na·tion·al, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for reproductive imagination

imagination
/ (ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən) /

noun

the faculty or action of producing ideas, esp mental images of what is not present or has not been experienced
mental creative ability
the ability to deal resourcefully with unexpected or unusual problems, circumstances, etc
(in romantic literary criticism, esp that of S. T. Coleridge) a creative act of perception that joins passive and active elements in thinking and imposes unity on the poetic material Compare fancy (def. 9)

Derived forms of imagination

imaginational, adjective

Idioms and Phrases with reproductive imagination

imagination

see figment of one's imagination.