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imagery noun [ ˈɪmɪdʒ(ə)ri ]

• visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
• "Tennyson uses imagery to create a lyrical emotion"
• visual images collectively.
• "the impact of computer-generated imagery on contemporary art"
Origin: Middle English (in the senses ‘statuary, carved images collectively’): from Old French imagerie, from imager ‘make an image’, from image (see image).


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