'Imaginativeness' definitions:

Definition of 'imaginativeness'

(from WordNet)
noun
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]

Definition of 'Imaginativeness'

From: GCIDE
  • Imaginative \Im*ag"i*na*tive\, a. [F. imaginatif.]
  • 1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. [1913 Webster]
  • In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitutes an important element. --Mure. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. [1913 Webster]
  • Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'imaginativeness'

From: GCIDE
  • imaginativeness \imaginativeness\ n. the capability of imagining; the power of imagination.
  • Syn: imagination, vision. [WordNet 1.5]

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