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image[1,noun] image[2,verb] body image father image image intensifier image space mirror image real image self-image virtual image

Main Entry: ¹im·age
Pronunciation: im-ij
Function: noun
1 a : the optical counterpart of an object produced by an optical device (as a lens or mirror) or an electronic device -- see REAL IMAGE, VIRTUAL IMAGE b : a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material
2 : a mental picture or impression of something <had a negative body image of herself>: as a (1) : a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation <the compassionate small-town family doctor, an image that the AMA deeply admires -- Current Biography> (2) : an idealized conception of a person and especially a parent that is formed by an infant or child, is retained in the unconscious, and influences behavior in later life <the overwhelming influence of the mother image -- John Messenger> -- called also imago b : the memory of a perception in psychology that is modified by subsequent experience; also : the representation of the source of a stimulus on a receptor mechanism