imago

Plural: imagines, imagoes, imagos

Noun

• The final, adult, sexually mature stage of an insect.
• (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
• an adult insect produced after metamorphosis
• The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
• An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes.

Examples

• His nascent strategy finally emerged as an IMAGO, fully formed and ready to win.

Related Words

imago Dei