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immaginazione

Definitions of immaginazione
  1. noun
    the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
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    marziano
    imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
    Psiche
    (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul
    Ercole
    (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
    Pandora
    (Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils
    argonauta
    (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
    Achille
    a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
    Johannes Faust
    an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
    Pantalone
    a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man
    primo attore
    the principal character in a work of fiction
    types:
    essere immaginario
    a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
    casa del Padre, cielo, eden, olimpo, paradiso
    the abode of God and the angels
    inferi, inferno
    (religion) the world of the dead
    perdizione
    (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
    purgatorio
    (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
    utopia
    an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
    gigante
    an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
    mostro
    an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
    unicorno
    an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
    type of:
    creatività
    the ability to create
  2. noun
    the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
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    types:
    armeria
    a collection of resources
  3. noun
    the ability to form mental images of things or events
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    types:
    sogno
    a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
    evocazione
    imaginative re-creation
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