mind's eye

noun

: the mental faculty of conceiving imaginary or recollected scenes
used her mind's eye to create the story's setting
also : the mental picture so conceived

Examples of mind's eye in a Sentence

there was a disturbing detail that he kept seeing in his mind's eye of the accident scene
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Well, The View is here to roast the chestnuts of your mind's eye with its new, unintentionally hilarious Christmas set! Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024 Beauty that is, at the very least, in the mind's eye of the beholder. Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2012 Their mind's eye is blank. Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022 The word is there in his mind's eye. Jeannie Roberts, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for mind's eye 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mind's eye was in the 15th century

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“Mind's eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind%27s%20eye. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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