verbeeldingskracht

Definitions of verbeeldingskracht
  1. noun
    the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
    synonyms: droomgezicht, fantasie, imaginatie, verbeelding, visioen, voorstellingsvermogen
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    marsmannetje
    imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
    geldgod
    (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit
    Sint-Nicolaas
    the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
    Pegasus
    (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination
    Heracles
    (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
    Ajax
    a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad
    Medea
    (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
    Odysseus
    (Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey
    Achilles
    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'
    pierrot
    a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
    hoofdpersoon
    the principal character in a work of fiction
    Python
    (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi
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    wereld
    a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
    droomtoestand
    an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality
    hemel, hemelrijk, paradijs
    the abode of God and the angels
    Acheron, Hades, Tartarus, milieu, onderwereld, penoze, schimmenrijk
    (religion) the world of the dead
    dromenland, dromenrijk, droomland, schijnwereld
    a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination
    purgatorium, vagevuur
    (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
    droom, toekomstdroom
    a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
    waanwereld
    something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
    rêverie
    absentminded dreaming while awake
    dromerigheid
    an idle indulgence in fantasy
    gigant
    an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
    meermin, zeemeermin
    half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
    fictie, fictionaliteit, figuur, personage, persoon, romanfiguur, romanpersonage
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
    luchtgeest
    an elemental being believed to inhabit the air
    eenhoorn
    an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
    type of:
    creativiteit, inventiviteit, scheppingskracht, scheppingsvermogen, vindingrijkheid, vindingskracht
    the ability to create
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