imagery Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the ability to form mental images of things or events
mental imagery; imagination; imaging.
- he could still hear her in his imagination

OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.

The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. "Painted imagery." Shak.
In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. Dryden.
Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? Prior.
The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
The imagery of a melancholic fancy. Atterbury.
Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. Dryden.