imago
noun /ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/, /ɪˈmɑːɡəʊ/
/ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/, /ɪˈmɑːɡəʊ/
(plural imagos, imagines
/ɪˈmeɪdʒɪniːz/, /ɪˈmɑːdʒɪniːz/
/ɪˈmeɪdʒɪniːz/, /ɪˈmɑːdʒɪniːz/
)- (psychology) a mental image of somebody as being perfect that you do not realize you have and that influences your behaviour
- the final and fully developed adult stage of an insect, especially one with wings
Word Originlate 18th cent. (in sense (2)): modern Latin use of Latin imago ‘image’. Sense (1) dates from the early 20th cent.