The Imaginary may refer to: * ''The Imaginary'' (novel) (2014), written by A. F. Harold and illustrated by Emily Gravett ** ''The Imaginary'' (film) (2022), directed by Yoshiyuki Momose and produced by Studio Ponoc * ''The Imaginary'' (Sartre) (1940), by Jean-Paul Sartre * "The Imaginary" (short story) (1942), by Isaac Asimov *

The Imaginary (psychoanalysis) The Imaginary (or Imaginary Order) is one of three terms in the psychoanalytic perspective of Jacques Lacan, along with the Symbolic and the Real. Each of the three terms emerged gradually over time, undergoing an evolution in Lacan's own devel ...

, contrasted with The Real and The Symbolic by Jacques Lacan * The

social imaginary The imaginary (or social imaginary) is the set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols through which people imagine their social whole. It is common to the members of a particular social group and the corresponding society. The concept of the ...

, a concept in sociology

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