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imago
[ĭ-ma´go] (pl. imagoes, ima´gines) (L.)1. the adult or definitive form of an insect.
2. in psychoanalysis, an idealized, unconscious mental image of a key person in one's early life.
i·ma·go
, pl.i·mag·ines
(i-mā'gō, i-maj'i-nēz),1. The last stage of an insect after it has completed all its metamorphoses through the egg, larva, and pupa; the adult insect form.
2. Synonym(s): archetype (2)
[L. image]
imago
/ima·go/ (ĭ-ma´go) pl. ima´goes, ima´gines [L.]1. the adult or definitive form of an insect.
2. a usually idealized, unconscious mental image of a key person in one's early life.
imago
(ĭ-mā′gō, ĭ-mä′-)n. pl. ima·goes or ima·gines (-gə-nēz′)
1. An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis.
2. Psychology An often idealized image of a person, usually a parent, formed in childhood and persisting unconsciously into adulthood.
i·ma′gi·nal (ĭ-măj′ə-nəl, -mā′jə-, -mä′gə-) adj.
imago
[imā′gō]
Etymology: L, likeness
(in analytic psychology) an unconscious, usually idealized mental image of a significant individual, such as one's mother, in a person's early formative years. See also identification.
i·ma·go
, pl. imagines (i-mā'gō, -ji-nēz)1. The last stage of an insect after it has completed all its metamorphoses through the egg, larva, and pupa; the adult insect form.
2. Synonym(s): archetype (2) .
[L. image]
imago
the sexually mature, adult insect.imago
pl. imagoes, imagines [L.] the adult or definitive form of an insect.