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imaginary

/ɪˈmædʒɪn(ə)ɹi/

noun

Meaning

  • Imagination; fancy.

  • An imaginary quantity.

  • The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.

adjective

Meaning

  • Existing only in the imagination.

    "Santa Claus is imaginary."

  • (of a number) Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of the square root of -1.

Synonyms

all in one's head