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imagos

/ɪˈmeɪɡoʊz/ /ˈɪməɡoʊz/

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Imago

The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.

Examples :

"After a period of pupation inside their cocoons, the beautiful monarch butterflies emerged as fully formed imagos, ready to fly and reproduce. "

Después de un período de pupación dentro de sus capullos, las hermosas mariposas monarca emergieron como imagos completamente formadas, listas para volar y reproducirse.

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Imago, imagen idealizada

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 :

"Sarah's difficulty in finding a partner stemmed from her unconsciously comparing every man to the imagos of her idealized father and older brother, figures she had built up in her childhood. "

La dificultad de Sarah para encontrar pareja provenía de comparar inconscientemente a cada hombre con las imagos de su padre idealizado y su hermano mayor, figuras que había construido en su infancia.

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