imagination
n 1: 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: imaginativeness, vision]
2: the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" [syn: imaging, imagery, mental imagery] 3: the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource" [syn: resource, resourcefulness]
