visioni

Visioni is the Italian plural of visione, meaning visions. It encompasses several related ideas, including the act or faculty of seeing (physical vision), mental images or scenes produced by imagination, and revelations or foreseen insights that are interpreted as messages or prophecies.

Etymology and senses: Visio derives from Latin visio, related to videre, “to see.” In everyday Italian, visioni can refer to the physical capacity of sight, to vivid mental imagery, or to experiences considered as revelations, often associated with dreams, mysticism, or prophetic scenarios. In philosophy and cognitive science, visione concerns the processes and content of perception and understanding.

Usage in culture and discourse: The term appears in literary and artistic contexts to describe vivid, sometimes transformative imagery or to denote a guiding future idea or ideal—what a person or group envisions for the future. In religious or historical contexts, visioni may denote sanctified or supernatural experiences of insight or communication. In contemporary language, visioni can refer to strategic or organizational aims, such as a “vision” or “visions for the future” of a project or company.

Distinctions: Visioni are distinct from sogni (dreams) and from allucinazioni (hallucinations). A vision is often framed as meaningful perception, insight, or inspiration, whereas a dream is typically a nocturnal experience, and an hallucination is a perceptual disturbance without external stimulus.

See also: visione, sogno, allucinazione, profezia, percezione.