Collocations withimagination

These are words often used in combination withimagination.

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active imagination
The object of his methods was to enhance a natural process of individuation emergent through techniques of active imagination (a sort of controlled daydream).
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fertile imagination
He has a fertile imagination.
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historical imagination
This was not simply a failure of historical imagination, nor was it a product of intellectual carelessness or political myopia.
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human imagination
Like dragons, the machines threaten the human imagination by controlling the workers.
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lack of imagination
Do they merely reflect a lack of imagination on our part?
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overactive imagination
He believes this due to his constantly overactive imagination.
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popular imagination
She is a stunning image in the popular imagination.
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pure imagination
His remarks are based not on fact, but on pure imagination.
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stretch of imagination
In the wildest stretch of imagination one could not say that such an average cost is too much to pay for the education service.
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visual imagination
But first, let us consider some evidence of his visual imagination.
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vivid imagination
He is a man of vivid imagination.
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