Definition of imago in English:

imago

nounPlural imagines, Plural imagos ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ

1Entomology
The final and fully developed adult stage of an insect, typically winged.
〔昆〕成虫（常有翅）
Example sentencesExamples
- He stands apart from the new flight of British composers, ‘who seem very sure of themselves, like an imago, a butterfly that enters the world fully formed.’
- The 7-rayed imago is approximately 1.5 mm diameter.
- Almost instantly the larvae mutate into full grown imagos and you have yourself an Entopod battalion.
- After a third larval stage they pupate in the nest material and emerge as imagos after the fledglings have left the nest.
- The imago can become multiradiate at the time of metamorphosis, or it can be 5-rayed at metamorphosis and add the supernumerary rays during post larval growth stages.
2Psychoanalysis
An unconscious idealized mental image of someone, especially a parent, which influences a person's behaviour.
〔心理分析〕意象（心中对某人，常为父母，形成的无意识理想化形象，影响个人行为）
Example sentencesExamples
- Back here, I briefly mentioned the idea of the imago.
- They constitute a single set of systematic transfigurations of the Yagwoia transpersonal, archetypal imagos of their Self and its energies.
- To be sure, in both Freudian and Lacanian accounts this scenario establishes the ‘first’ sexual relations: those attached to the imago of the mother and to the autoeroticism associated with narcissism.
- The ego's defence is to split off the aggression and to project it onto parental imagos who in turn threaten to destroy the child.
- Lacan's elaboration of the Jungian concept of the imago seems instructive here.

Origin

Late 18th century (in sense 1): modern Latin use of Latin imago 'image'. sense 2 dates from the early 20th century.

Definition of imago in US English:

imago

noun

1Entomology
The final and fully developed adult stage of an insect, typically winged.
〔昆〕成虫（常有翅）
Example sentencesExamples
- He stands apart from the new flight of British composers, ‘who seem very sure of themselves, like an imago, a butterfly that enters the world fully formed.’
- Almost instantly the larvae mutate into full grown imagos and you have yourself an Entopod battalion.
- After a third larval stage they pupate in the nest material and emerge as imagos after the fledglings have left the nest.
- The imago can become multiradiate at the time of metamorphosis, or it can be 5-rayed at metamorphosis and add the supernumerary rays during post larval growth stages.
- The 7-rayed imago is approximately 1.5 mm diameter.
2Psychoanalysis
An unconscious idealized mental image of someone, especially a parent, which influences a person's behavior.
〔心理分析〕意象（心中对某人，常为父母，形成的无意识理想化形象，影响个人行为）
Example sentencesExamples
- To be sure, in both Freudian and Lacanian accounts this scenario establishes the ‘first’ sexual relations: those attached to the imago of the mother and to the autoeroticism associated with narcissism.
- The ego's defence is to split off the aggression and to project it onto parental imagos who in turn threaten to destroy the child.
- Back here, I briefly mentioned the idea of the imago.
- Lacan's elaboration of the Jungian concept of the imago seems instructive here.
- They constitute a single set of systematic transfigurations of the Yagwoia transpersonal, archetypal imagos of their Self and its energies.

Origin

Late 18th century (in imago (sense 1)): modern Latin use of Latin imago ‘image’. imago (sense 2) dates from the early 20th century.

词汇	imago
释义	Definition of imago in English: imago nounPlural imagines, Plural imagos ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ 1Entomology The final and fully developed adult stage of an insect, typically winged. 〔昆〕成虫（常有翅） Example sentencesExamples He stands apart from the new flight of British composers, ‘who seem very sure of themselves, like an imago, a butterfly that enters the world fully formed.’ The 7-rayed imago is approximately 1.5 mm diameter. Almost instantly the larvae mutate into full grown imagos and you have yourself an Entopod battalion. After a third larval stage they pupate in the nest material and emerge as imagos after the fledglings have left the nest. The imago can become multiradiate at the time of metamorphosis, or it can be 5-rayed at metamorphosis and add the supernumerary rays during post larval growth stages. 2Psychoanalysis An unconscious idealized mental image of someone, especially a parent, which influences a person's behaviour. 〔心理分析〕意象（心中对某人，常为父母，形成的无意识理想化形象，影响个人行为） Example sentencesExamples Back here, I briefly mentioned the idea of the imago. They constitute a single set of systematic transfigurations of the Yagwoia transpersonal, archetypal imagos of their Self and its energies. To be sure, in both Freudian and Lacanian accounts this scenario establishes the ‘first’ sexual relations: those attached to the imago of the mother and to the autoeroticism associated with narcissism. The ego's defence is to split off the aggression and to project it onto parental imagos who in turn threaten to destroy the child. Lacan's elaboration of the Jungian concept of the imago seems instructive here. Origin Late 18th century (in sense 1): modern Latin use of Latin imago 'image'. sense 2 dates from the early 20th century. Definition of imago in US English: imago noun 1Entomology The final and fully developed adult stage of an insect, typically winged. 〔昆〕成虫（常有翅） Example sentencesExamples He stands apart from the new flight of British composers, ‘who seem very sure of themselves, like an imago, a butterfly that enters the world fully formed.’ Almost instantly the larvae mutate into full grown imagos and you have yourself an Entopod battalion. After a third larval stage they pupate in the nest material and emerge as imagos after the fledglings have left the nest. The imago can become multiradiate at the time of metamorphosis, or it can be 5-rayed at metamorphosis and add the supernumerary rays during post larval growth stages. The 7-rayed imago is approximately 1.5 mm diameter. 2Psychoanalysis An unconscious idealized mental image of someone, especially a parent, which influences a person's behavior. 〔心理分析〕意象（心中对某人，常为父母，形成的无意识理想化形象，影响个人行为） Example sentencesExamples To be sure, in both Freudian and Lacanian accounts this scenario establishes the ‘first’ sexual relations: those attached to the imago of the mother and to the autoeroticism associated with narcissism. The ego's defence is to split off the aggression and to project it onto parental imagos who in turn threaten to destroy the child. Back here, I briefly mentioned the idea of the imago. Lacan's elaboration of the Jungian concept of the imago seems instructive here. They constitute a single set of systematic transfigurations of the Yagwoia transpersonal, archetypal imagos of their Self and its energies. Origin Late 18th century (in imago (sense 1)): modern Latin use of Latin imago ‘image’. imago (sense 2) dates from the early 20th century.
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