Italian film director Federico Fellini was known to have used imagery from his dreams as inspiration for scenes in some of his films.
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Imagery
//ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi//
Synonyms for "imagery" (153 found)
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Strong matches (46)
Related words (76)
letterlifelike imagelimninglogogramlogographmaggotmake believemake-believemanner of speakingmapmental imagemental picturemental representationmetaphormusical notationmythnonliteralitynonliteralnessnotationobjectification
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ornamentparticularizationphantasmphantomphotographpictogrampicturepicturingpicturizationplanpoetic imageryportraitportraitureportrayalprefigurementpresentmentprintingprofileprojectionpurple passagerealizationrenderingrenditionrepresentationromanceschemascorescriptsick fancysketchspecificationstretch of the imaginationsyllabarysymbolsymbolismtablaturethick-coming fanciestriptropeturn of expressionvaporvignettevisionvisual imagevisualizationvivid descriptionvorstellungway of speakingwhimwhimsywildest dreamwildest dreamsword paintingword-paintingwriting
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20 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- образен език noun (rhetorical decoration)
- образи noun (images in general)
Catalan
1 entries- imatgeria noun (work)
Finnish
4 entries- kuvaaminen noun (work)
- kuvailu noun (rhetorical decoration)
- kuvasto noun (images in general)
- kuvat noun (images in general)
German
4 entries- Bildersprache noun (rhetorical decoration)
- Einbildung noun (work of imagination)
- Fantasieprodukt noun (work of imagination)
- Geschöpf der Einbildung noun (work of imagination)
Indonesian
4 entries- citra noun (images in general)
- citraan noun (images in general)
- perumpamaan noun (work)
- tamsil noun (work)
Japanese
1 entries- 画像 noun (images in general)
Swedish
1 entries- bildspråk noun (rhetorical decoration)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The careful use of evocative imagery is an important part of building a successful advertising campaign.
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Satellite imagery is being used in an effort to narrow down the area in the Indian Ocean where floating debris has been observed.
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Govind's company creates computer-generated imagery for blockbuster films.
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