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imagining

NOUN

conception

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appreciation conceit concept impression interpretation notion perception realization

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apperception apprehension clue cognition comprehension consideration design dreaming explanation exposition fancy image inkling intellection meditation musing philosophizing picture plan representation speculation thought version

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cogitating communing concentrating considering deliberating envisaging fancying meditating mental grasp speculating

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concrete fact ignorance misunderstanding reality truth

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abortion being death

NOUN

daydream

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pipe dream reverie

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conceiving dream fancy fancying imagination musing phantasm phantasy stargazing trip vision wish woolgathering

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castle in the air figment of imagination fond hope fool's paradise head trip in a zone mind trip pie in the sky

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actuality certainty dislike existence fact hate reality substance truth

NOUN

fantasy

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delusion fancy illusion nightmare reverie vision

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Atlantis apparition appearance bubble chimera conceiving creativity daydream envisioning externalizing fabrication fairyland fancying fantasia figment flight hallucination imaginativeness invention mirage objectifying originality rainbow trip utopia vagary

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air castle flight of imagination fool's paradise head trip mind trip

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actuality certainty fact reality truth

NOUN

opinion

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assessment assumption attitude conclusion feeling idea impression judgment mind notion point of view reaction sentiment speculation theory thought view viewpoint

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conception conjecture estimate estimation eye fancy guess hypothesis inclination inference persuasion postulate presumption presupposition say-so slant supposition surmise suspicion take theorem thesis think

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concrete fact physicality reality thing

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calculation certainty disbelief knowledge measurement proof truth

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Some of the backlash came after AI-generated photos appeared on social media, imagining well-dressed affluent women as prospective customers for the service.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

I generally think of mood boards and visualization as ineffective or a bit “woo-woo,” but research suggests that imagining yourself older can increase your retirement savings.

From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026

Potter fans have told me similar stories of imagining a place where the traits they were told made them aberrant in the Muggle world were prized and valued.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

I have a hard time imagining those two movies won’t be in the conversation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

“Am I imagining it, or is he…getting bigger?” asked Christopher.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

imagining

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