visualization
Britishnoun
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the act or an instance of visualizing
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a technique involving focusing on positive mental images in order to achieve a particular goal
Explanation
You can see it all so clearly: the mansion, the moat, the stable. Too bad it’s just a visualization, a mental image that looks so real it’s almost as if you’re seeing it. Time to buy another Lotto ticket. Often the word is used as shorthand for creative visualization, a specific practice that started in the New Thought movement of the 19th century. The followers of that movement believed that if they visualized what they wanted, they would usually get it. Eventually the technique caught on with sports coaches, which is why if you've ever played basketball for a school team you've probably been told to picture the ball going into the basket before you take a shot.
Vocabulary lists containing visualization
Example Sentences
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Visualisation expert Simon Fleming examined siege plans produced by both sides of the war, accounts of the siege and 17th Century military manuals to create it.
From BBC • May 2, 2015
"Visualisation technology is transforming the way we design, build and deliver complex warships," said Mick Ord, managing director at BAE Systems' Naval Ships business.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2014
Also, where was the Deep Brain Visualisation machine?
From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2011
About 1878-79 he contributed some notes on this obscure subject to one of the newspapers, in connection with the researches of Mr. Francis Galton, on Visualisation, but the particulars are not now accessible.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
The first is my own name, the second is "London," and the third is "Visualisation."
From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Galton, Francis, Sir
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