imagination

nouns

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
"popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"
imagination, imaginativeness, vision
is derived from
imagine
the ability to form mental images of things or events
"he could still hear her in his imagination"
imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery
is derived from
imagine
the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
"a man of resource"
imagination, resource, resourcefulness