character, fictional character, fictitious character. an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story) psychopomp. a conductor of souls to the afterworld. sylph.

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: causing a strong feeling of dislike or disinclination : causing disgust the food was disgusting a disgusting magazine a disgusting way to treat people. Other Words from disgusting Synonyms & Antonyms More Example Sentences Learn More About disgusting.

Gak is an expression of disgust or distaste.

imaginary. Antonyms: actual, authentic, certain, demonstrable, developed, essential, genuine, positive, real, substantial, true, unquestionable, veritable. Synonyms: conceived, fabulous, fanciful, feigned, fictitious, hypothetical, illusory, reported, supposed, supposititious, theoretical, unreal, untrue, visionary.

adjective. Existing only in the imagination; fictitious. ‘a figmental enemy’

i·mag·i·nar·y. adj. 1. Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.

“not real, existing only in fancy,” late 14c., ymaginaire, from imagine + -ary; or else from Late Latin imaginarius “seeming, fancied,” also literal, “pertaining to an image,” from Latin imaginari “picture to oneself.” Imaginary friend (one who does not exist) attested by 1789.

1 : to form a mental image of (something not present) imagine accidents at every turn. 2 : suppose, guess I imagine it will rain. 3 : to form a notion of without sufficient basis : fancy imagines himself to be a charming conversationalist.

1 : the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality. 2a : creative ability. b : ability to confront and deal with a problem : resourcefulness use your imagination and get us out of here.

Imagination aids in the development of social, emotional, creative, physical, lingual, and problem-solving skills in children. These are important skills to develop in early childhood, as they can be good markers for understanding a child’s overall development. But mostly, playing pretend is fun for kids.

Most people tend to treat imagination as something that has nothing to do with reality, but this is a wrong attitude. Imagination has much to do with reality. Imagine good things, and this will affect your actions and behavior, which consequently, would create in your life what you imagined in your mind.

The act of imagining may start off as fanciful and maybe even feel a bit indulgent, but our imagination is a powerful force and has helped to generate great ideas. The human ability to imagine can propel us into action and bring about change.

Imagining something into reality is probably a desire as old as imagination itself, but there might just be a slight bit more to it than mere wishful thinking. A new study reveals how imagining a scenario that takes place in an emotionally neutral place can change our attitude to that place in reality.

The brain can’t tell the difference between the real and the imagined – is a myth. It is intriguing to wonder why perception differs from person to person, how imagination can evoke a creative frenzy or intrusive memories that debilitate those with PTSD.

“This research confirms that imagination is a neurological reality that can impact our brains and bodies in ways that matter for our wellbeing,” said Tor Wager, director of the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at CU Boulder and co-senior author of the paper, published in the journal Neuron.

Our discovery, or rediscovery, that around 2-3% of the population, with aphantasia, lack a mind’s eye, and that a somewhat larger percentage, with hyperphantasia, have imagery that is ‘as vivid as real seeing’ has captured huge public interest, and led to a sustained surge of citizen science.