image
Noun
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is a type of: internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or imagesubtypes:
- imagination image, thought-image - a mental image produced by the imagination
- memory image - a mental image of something previously experienced
- visual image, visualisation, visualization - a mental image that is similar to a visual perception
- impression, mental picture, picture - a clear and telling mental image
- auditory image - a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception
same as: mental image -
referred to in:
- psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
- carl gustav jung, carl jung, jung - Swiss psychologist (1875-1961)
is a type of: appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thingsame as: persona -
is a type of: representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or somethingsubtypes:
- bitmap, electronic image - an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels
- chiaroscuro - a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
- collage, montage - a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- foil, transparency - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- computer graphic, graphic - an image that is generated by a computer
- iconography - the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
- inset - a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- likeness, semblance - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
- cyclorama, diorama, panorama - a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
- reflection, reflexion - the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
- cat scan, scan - an image produced by scanning
- echogram, sonogram - an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs
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subtypes:
- concentrate - a concentrated example of something
- imago - (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
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domain member usage:
- cakewalk - an easy accomplishment
- blind alley - (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
- blockbuster, megahit, smash hit - an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
- sleeper - an unexpected hit
- bell ringer, bull's eye, home run, mark - something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
- housecleaning - (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions
- goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
- helm - (figurative) a position of leadership
- lens - (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
- domino effect - the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
- flip side - a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect)
- period - the end or completion of something
- summer - the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
- dawn - an opening time period
- evening - a later concluding time period
- rainy day - a (future) time of financial need
is a type of: rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)subtypes:- conceit - an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
- irony - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
- exaggeration, hyperbole - extravagant exaggeration
- kenning - conventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry
- metaphor - a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
- metonymy - substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
- oxymoron - conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
- personification, prosopopoeia - representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
- simile - a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
- synecdoche - substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
- zeugma - use of a verb with two or more complements, playing on the verb's polysemy, for humorous effect
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same as: double, look-alike
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referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementis a type of: set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbolssame as: range, range of a function
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is a type of: effect, impression - an outward appearance
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is a type of: representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or somethingsubtypes:
- guy - an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
- god, graven image, idol - a material effigy that is worshipped
- bird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw man, strawman - an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
- wax figure, waxwork - an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
same as: effigy, simulacrum
Verb
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is a type of: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
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- Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
- Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
- Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
- Nouns denoting man-made objects
- Nouns denoting people
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- Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
- Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
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