imagery

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imagery

  • /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/
  • /-ədʒɹi/
  • /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒəɹi/

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From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image + -ry.

noun imageries

  1. countable, uncountable The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
  2. countable, uncountable Imitation work.
  3. countable, uncountable Images in general, or en masse. Farrell Racette said she often feels conflicted about early imagery of Indigenous people. Early photography represented Indigenous people in problematic ways, she explained, and often these images became commercial objects — postcards and souvenirs to be bought and sold outside of the communities wh
  4. countable, figuratively, uncountable Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
  5. countable, uncountable The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
  6. countable, uncountable Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: imaging, imagination, mental imagery, picture, graphic, graphics, art, photo, image, depiction, filming, photographing, photography, photograph, footage, pictures

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noun images in general

日本語画像 gazō

noun rhetorical decoration

DeutschBildersprache

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"imagery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/imagery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

imagery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/imagery

Chicago

"imagery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/imagery.

BibTeX
@misc{imagery_2026,
  title = {imagery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/imagery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}