imago
noun
ima·go
i-ˈmä-(ˌ)gō 
-ˈmā-
-ˈmā-
plural imagoes or imagines
i-ˈmā-gə-ˌnēz
-ˈmä-
-ˈmä-
-ˈmā-jə-,
-ˈma-
1
: an insect in its final, adult, sexually mature, and typically winged state
2
: an idealized mental image of another person or the self
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Which brings her back to imago Dei.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
Social media has a way of distorting us into an imago of our worst, most extravagantly emotional selves.
—WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
The pop star as pure illusion, pure imago, pure energy state.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
Other species, such as grasshoppers and dragonflies, experience incomplete, or simple, metamorphosis, which involves three life stages—egg, larva or nymph, and adult or imago.
—Liz Langley, National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2020
Newbell, who is Black, had spoken about imago Dei -- the idea that all humans, of all races, are made in the image and likeness of God.
—Daniel Burke, CNN, 10 July 2020
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
Social media has a way of distorting us into an imago of our worst, most extravagantly emotional selves.
—WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
The pop star as pure illusion, pure imago, pure energy state.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
Other species, such as grasshoppers and dragonflies, experience incomplete, or simple, metamorphosis, which involves three life stages—egg, larva or nymph, and adult or imago.
—Liz Langley, National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2020
Newbell, who is Black, had spoken about imago Dei -- the idea that all humans, of all races, are made in the image and likeness of God.
—Daniel Burke, CNN, 10 July 2020
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plural imagoes or imagines
-ˈā-gə-ˌnēz
-ˈäg-ə-
: an insect in its final adult, sexually mature, and usually winged state
imaginal
adjective
-ˈā-gən-ᵊl
-äg-ən-
Medical Definition
imago
noun
ima·go
im-ˈā-(ˌ)gō
-ˈäg-(ˌ)ō
-ˈäg-(ˌ)ō
plural imagoes or imagines
-ˈā-gə-ˌnēz
-ˈäg-ə-
-ˈäg-ə-
1
: an insect in its final, adult, sexually mature, and typically winged state
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