ˈɪmɪdʒɹi ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən ɹɪˈsɔːs ˈɹisɔɹs ˈvɪ.ʒ(ə)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 the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems a man of resource the ability to form mental images of things or events he could still hear her in his imagination