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imagen

imagen noun: a unit of imagery, analogous to a logogen, but applicable to non-verbal systems.

Noun

imagen (plural imagens)

  1. A unit of imagery, analogous to a logogen, but applicable to non-verbal systems.

Forms of imagen

pluralimagens

Origin of imagen

Coined by Allan Paivio, from image + -gen.

Questions about imagen

What does imagen mean?
Imagen means a unit of imagery, analogous to a logogen, but applicable to non-verbal systems.
What part of speech is imagen?
Imagen is a noun.
What is the plural of imagen?
The plural of imagen is imagens.

Words near imagen in the dictionary

  1. imagemakers
  2. imagemap
  3. imagemapped
  4. imagemapping
  5. imagemaps
  6. imagen
  7. imagenologic
  8. imagenology
  9. imagens
  10. imageological
  11. imageology

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