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imaginary
[ih-maj-uh-ner-ee]
adjective
existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied.
an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
Antonyms: real
noun
plural
imaginariesMathematics., imaginary number.
imaginary
/ -dʒɪnrɪ, ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪ /
adjective
existing in the imagination; unreal; illusory
maths involving or containing imaginary numbers. The imaginary part of a complex number, z, is usually written Im z
Other Word Forms
- imaginariness noun
- imaginarily adverb
- nonimaginarily adverb
- nonimaginarilyness noun
- nonimaginariness noun
- nonimaginary adjective
- preimaginary adjective
- unimaginary adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of imaginary1
Example Sentences
He’s double-cast Luna and Tonatiuh as the film-within-a-film’s leads and changed the imaginary tale from a Nazi propaganda flick to a melodramatic but moving South American romance between a glamour queen and a noble photographer.
Cam’s confusion is represented by externalizing his inner voice into a double, “the angel on my shoulder and, honestly, sometimes the devil,” with whom he argues, like a difficult imaginary friend.
She celebrated her hundred by firing an imaginary bow and arrow.
The president of the United States is waging a fake war against imaginary enemies in revenge for something that didn’t happen.
When suffering is measured, it becomes harder to dismiss; when it is left uncounted, it drifts back into the realm of anecdote, where policymakers can insist the problem is exaggerated, isolated or even imaginary.
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Related Words
- abstract
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- theoretical
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