3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: imaginativeness \imaginativeness\ n. the capability of imagining; the power of imagination. Syn: imagination, vision. [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: imaginativeness n : 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}, {vision}]
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