imagery

Definitions


[ˈɪmɪdʒ(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
(e.g: Tennyson uses imagery to create a lyrical emotion)

- visual images collectively
(e.g: the impact of computer-generated imagery on contemporary art)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘statuary, carved images collectively’): from Old French imagerie, from imager ‘make an image’, from image (see image)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries