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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-maj-uh-nuh-tiv, -ney-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmædʒ ə nə tɪv, -ˌneɪ tɪv



Definition of imaginativeness

Origin :
  • late 14c., ymaginatyf, from Old French imaginatif and directly from Medieval Latin imaginativus, from imaginat-, stem of Latin imaginari (see imagine). Related: Imaginatively; imaginativeness.
  • noun imagination
Example sentences :
  • The quality and imaginativeness of these frescoes has been termed one of the great contributions to European religious art.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Romania » by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
  • Power in action requires some largeness and imaginativeness of vision.
  • Extract from : « How We Think » by John Dewey
  • How their imaginativeness is limited by their artificiality!
  • Extract from : « French Art » by W. C. Brownell
  • He did not know how cheap this accomplishment is, and took it for sensibility, imaginativeness, and even originality.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • Neither laudanum nor imaginativeness can be held accountable for this declaration of a resolve to write a deceptive letter.
  • Extract from : « The Real Shelley, Vol. II (of 2) » by John Cordy Jeaffreson
  • The word hysteria carries an innuendo of imaginativeness or occasionally of affection of the sexual organs that is unfortunate.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh

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