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单词 imaginational
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imaginationaladj.

Brit. /ᵻˌmadʒᵻˈneɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ᵻˌmadʒᵻˈneɪʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ᵻˌmædʒəˈneɪʃ(ə)nəl/, /ᵻˌmædʒəˈneɪʃ(ə)nəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: imagination n., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < imagination n. + -al suffix1.
Of or relating to the imagination.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [adjective]
imaginativea1398
fantastic1483
imaginarya1500
fantastical1526
imaginal1638
imaginant1840
imaginational1856
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. v. ii. 166 Within the depths of thine own soul, thou wilt find a threefold heaven—the imaginational, the rational, and the intellectual.
a1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) iv. 48 We should have an imaginational knowledge or a quasi-sensation.
1942 Mind 52 21 This is not to say that truth is ineffective in practice, but only that in the imaginational life its effectiveness is represented sub specie affectus.
2003 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 2 Feb. d. 2 Our world has been transformed from real to ‘imaginational’, and we have entered into an entirely new phase of human history.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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