imaginal

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/ɪˈmad͡ʒɪnəl/

adjective

Of or relating to the imagination, or to a mental image.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English imagine →
UncommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

adjectiveimaginal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to the imagination, or to a mental image.

    Ring sees both the NDE and UFOE as modern day shamanic initiations in which the journeyer (NDEer or UFOer) enters an "imaginal" reality, an alternative reality that coexists with physical reality and that is equally real.

    1992, Spirited Women Book Company (publisher), At the Crossroads, page 48
  2. not comparableOf or relating to the insect imago.

Origin

  1. Englishimagine
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishimaginal

From imagine + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with imaginal

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

imaginal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imaginal

MLA

“imaginal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imaginal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imaginal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imaginal.

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