imaginative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ɪˈmæd͡ʒnətɪv/
- /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/
- /-ənətɪv/
Etymology
From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin imāginātīvus. By surface analysis, imagine + -ative.
Meanings
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Having a lively or creative imagination.
No doubt kibitzers are highly imaginative. How else could they see wins and brilliant combinations that do not exist?
1951 December, Helen Weissenstein, “Readers' Forum”, in Chess Review:an imaginative boy
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Tending to be fanciful or inventive.
From this point of view all philosophy is idealism, an imaginative embellishment of scientific knowledge; and, sure enough, Engels prophesies the decline and extinction of philosophy.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 379:an imaginative story
- False or imagined.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most imaginative | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more imaginative | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
imaginative fiction · imaginatively · overimaginative · imaginativeness · nonimaginative · unimaginative · imaginativity
Translations (41)
fi kuvitteellinen (false or imagined) · fi mielikuvituksellinen (having a lively imagination) · cmn 虛構的 /虚构的 (false or imagined) · it immaginoso (having a lively imagination) · cmn 想像力豐富的 /想像力丰富的 (having a lively imagination) · ar خيالي (tending to be fanciful) · cmn 傾向幻想的 /倾向幻想的 (tending to be fanciful) · cmn 充滿創意的 /充满创意的 (having a lively imagination) · cmn 虛假的 /虚假的 (false or imagined) · gd mac-meanmnach (false or imagined) · ru вообража́емый (false or imagined) · es imaginativo (having a lively imagination) · ca imaginatiu (tending to be fanciful) · fi keksitty (false or imagined) · el ευφάνταστος (having a lively imagination) · ia imaginative (having a lively imagination) · fr imaginatif (tending to be fanciful) · ru мни́мый (false or imagined) · cmn 充滿想像力的 /充满想像力的 (tending to be fanciful) · fi mielikuvituksekas (having a lively imagination) · ca imaginatiu (having a lively imagination) · fr imaginatif (having a lively imagination) · fi mielikuvitusrikas (tending to be fanciful) · de einfallsreich (having a lively imagination) · gl imaxinativo (having a lively imagination) · fi mielikuvituksekas (false or imagined) · fi luova (tending to be fanciful) · gd mac-meanmnach (having a lively imagination) · ru нереа́льный (false or imagined) · cmn 富有想像力的 (having a lively imagination) · fr imaginaire (false or imagined) · cmn 富創意的 /富创意的 (tending to be fanciful) · ia imaginative (tending to be fanciful) · gd mac-meanmnach (tending to be fanciful) · fi kekseliäs (having a lively imagination) · grc εὐφάνταστος (having a lively imagination) · pl pomysłowy (having a lively imagination) · fi kuviteltu (false or imagined) · pt imaginativo (having a lively imagination) · cmn 想像的 (false or imagined) · fi mielikuvitusrikas (having a lively imagination)