Mental Image (Noun)
Meaning
An iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The mental image of her childhood home brought back a wave of nostalgia that she hadn't experienced in years.
- His vivid mental image of the accident scene stayed with him long after the trial was over.
- The artist's mental image of the painting guided her brushstrokes as she brought the vision to life.
- The mental image of her deceased loved one was all she had left to hold onto after the funeral.
- The writer's mental image of the fictional world was so vivid that it seemed more real than her actual life.