imagination

noun4

1. •
   the ability to picture in the mind things that are not present or that do not exist

   • Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.
2. •
   Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.

   • You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination.
3. •
   Creativity; resourcefulness.

   • His imagination makes him a valuable team member.
4. •
   A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.

   • It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires. — 1603