imagination

mental ability to produce and simulate novel objects, people and ideas in the mind without any immediate input of the senses
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imagination

Summary

imagination is a psychology concept[1]. imagination draws 2,002 Wikipedia views per month (psychology_concept category, ranking #11 of 44).[2]

Key Facts

  • imagination's instance of is recorded as psychology concept[3].
  • imagination's instance of is recorded as type of intelligence[4].
  • The location of imagination was human brain[5].
  • imagination is a type of cognitive process[6].
  • imagination is used for creativity[7].
  • imagination is used for fantasy[8].
  • imagination is used for mental representation[9].
  • imagination's Commons category is recorded as Imagination[10].
  • imagination's said to be the same as is recorded as faculty of imagining[11].
  • imagination's said to be the same as is recorded as imagination[12].
  • imagination's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Imagination[13].
  • imagination's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • imagination's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • imagination's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • imagination's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia (1902–1905)[17].
  • imagination's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[18].
  • imagination's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[19].
  • imagination's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20].
  • imagination's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[21].
  • imagination's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[22].
  • imagination's different from is recorded as hallucination[23].
  • imagination's different from is recorded as Q54894703[24].
  • imagination's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include psychology concept[3] and type of intelligence[4]. imagination is a type of cognitive process[6].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include creativity[7], fantasy[8], and mental representation[9].

Why It Matters

imagination draws 2,002 Wikipedia views per month (psychology_concept category, ranking #11 of 44).[2] imagination has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] imagination is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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