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Imagery - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Imagery : (noun)
1: the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he
could still hear her in his imagination" [syn: imagination,
imaging, mental imagery]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Imagery : \Im"age*ry\, n. [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.]
1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation
of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.
``Painted imagery.'' --Shak.
In those oratories might you see Rich carvings,
portraitures, and imagery. --Dryden.
2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? --Prior.
3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas;
imaginary phantasms.
The imagery of a melancholic fancy. --Atterbury.
4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid
descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible
objects; figures in discourse.
I wish there may be in this poem any instance of
good imagery. --Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Imagery : only in the phrase "chambers of his imagery" (Ezek. 8:12). (See CHAMBER.)
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Imagery : Imagery: Both a mental process (as in imagining) and a wide variety of procedures used in therapy to encourage changes in attitudes, behavior, or physiological reactions. As a mental process,
it is often defined as "any thought representing a sensory quality." It includes, as well as the visual, all the senses - aural, tactile, olfactory, proprioceptive, and kinesthetic.
Imagery has been successfully tested as a strategy for alleviating nausea and vomiting associated with { chemotherapy in cancer patients, to relieve stress, and to facilitate weight gain in
cancer patients. It has been successfully used and tested for pain control in a variety of settings; as adjunctive therapy for several diseases, including diabetes; and with geriatric patients to
enhance immunity.
Imagery is usually combined with other behavioral approaches. It is best known in the treatment of cancer as a means to help patients mobilize their immune systems, but it also is used as part of a
multidisciplinary approach to cardiac rehabilitation and in many settings that specialize in treating chronic pain.
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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