Mental Process
imagination
im·ag·i·na·tion [ ih-maj-uh-ney-shuhn ]
Subclass of:
Cognition
Definitions related to imagination:
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A new pattern of perceptual or ideational material derived from past experience.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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New pattern of perceptual or ideational material derived from past experience; formation of a mental image of something that is neither perceived as real nor present to the senses.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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