Kuvailleet
Kuvailleet is a neologism used in Finnish literary and media studies to refer to the set of imagery and scenes that a text evokes in the reader’s mind. The term combines kuvali- or kuva- meaning image or depiction with a suffix that signals a collective or plural notion, signaling the collection of depicted visuals a narrative inspires. The concept is primarily analytical, focusing on how diction, sensory detail, and figurative language contribute to the mental pictures readers form, rather than on plot details alone.
In practice, kuvailleet describes how a narrative or audiovisual work constructs vivid internal images—settings, characters, actions,
Usage notes: Kuvailleet is not a widely used everyday Finnish term; it appears mainly in scholarly writing