The book contains a great deal of sexual imagery.
The movie was full of biblical imagery.
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Scientists have now learned that certain types of visual imagery can also turn on our immune systems, even without being physically exposed to an infectious agent.—Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 The violence of the plantation was such that blood inevitably got mixed up with the sugar cane juice, but Coleman’s analysis of 1790s abolitionist imagery also identifies a symbolic iconography at work.—Literary Hub, 29 July 2025 That includes the digital screen work, with pixels galore and changing imagery.—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025 The projection engine can throw 1080p imagery at up to 100 diagonal inches when the unit is placed less than 10 inches away from the vertical viewing surface – at a ratio of 0.18:1.—Paul Ridden
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English ymagerie "images portrayed in sculpture, painting, etc.," borrowed from Anglo-French, from ymage, imageimage entry 1 + -erie-ery
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