Imaginal

  • 1imaginal — imaginal, ale, aux [ imaʒinal, o ] adj. • 1893; du lat. imago « image » ♦ Biol. Qualifie une structure non différenciée de la larve des insectes, destinée à devenir un organe déterminé chez l adulte (⇒ imago). Cellules imaginales. Disques… …

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  • 2Imaginal — Im*ag i*nal, a. [L. imaginalis.] 1. Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to an imago. [1913 Webster] {Imaginal disks} (Zo[ o]l.), masses… …

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  • 3imaginal — index original (creative) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4imaginal — *imaginative, imaginable, imaginary …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 5imaginal — imaginal1 [i maj′i nəl] adj. of or having to do with the imagination or mental images imaginal2 [i maj′i nəl] adj. Zool. of, or pertaining to, an IMAGO (sense 1) …

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  • 6Imaginal —    Describing the realm of consciousness or the other world in which shamans journey during altered states of consciousness, according to Jungian psychologists. The term was applied to shamanisms and neo shamanisms most explicitly by Daniel Noel… …

    Historical dictionary of shamanism

  • 7imaginal — I. /ɪˈmædʒənəl/ (say i majuhnuhl) adjective of or relating to the imago, etc. {imag(o) + in(e)1 + al1} II. /ɪˈmædʒənəl/ (say i majuhnuhl) adjective 1. conjured up by imagination: imaginal design. 2. of or relating to the products of the… …

  • 8IMAGINAL (MONDE) — IMAGINAL MONDE Cette notion est une création conceptuelle due au philosophe français Henry Corbin, dont les travaux sont essentiels pour l’herméneutique comparée. Face à la défiance que la philosophie occidentale moderne a manifestée par rapport… …

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  • 9Imaginal disks — Imaginal Im*ag i*nal, a. [L. imaginalis.] 1. Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to an imago. [1913 Webster] {Imaginal disks} (Zo[ o]l.) …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10Imaginal Psychology — is a recent branch of psychology which considers soul to be psychology’s primary concern. Central to this new discipline is the idea that the soul expresses itself in images, and that care of the soul requires that we pay great attention to the… …

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