imaginary
11imaginary — [adj] fictitious, invented abstract, apocryphal, apparitional, assumed, chimerical, deceptive, delusive, dreamed up*, dreamlike, dreamy, fabulous, fancied, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, figmental, fool’s paradise*, hallucinatory, hypothetical,… …
12imaginary — [i maj′i ner΄ē] adj. [L imaginarius] 1. existing only in the imagination; fanciful; unreal 2. Math. designating or of the square root of a negative quantity, or of a complex number that is not real imaginarily adv. imaginariness n …
13imaginary — by John Lechte In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the Imaginary is one of three relatively permanent orders constitutive of human subjectivity, the others being the Symbolic (which includes language, signs and symbols of all kinds) and the Real.… …
14Imaginary — Titelbild der Ausstellung: Zitrus von Herwig Hauser Imaginary ist eine Wanderausstellung mit interaktiven mathematischen Objekten, die erstmals im Dezember 2007 in München gezeigt wurde. Konzipiert wurde die Ausstellung vom Mathematischen… …
15imaginary — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. existing only in imagination ; lacking factual reality b. formed or characterized imaginatively or arbitrarily < his canvases, chiefly imaginary, somber landscapes Current Biography > 2. containing or relating… …
16imaginary — imaginarily, adv. imaginariness, n. /i maj euh ner ee/, adj., n., pl. imaginaries. adj. 1. existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss. n. 2. Math. See… …
17imaginary — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ completely, entirely, purely, wholly ▪ The characters in this book are purely imaginary. ▪ …
18imaginary — [[t]ɪmæ̱ʤɪnəri, AM neri[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n An imaginary person, place, or thing exists only in your mind or in a story, and not in real life. Lots of children have imaginary friends. ...creating an imaginary world …
19imaginary — imag·i·nary im aj ə .ner ē adj existing only in imagination: lacking factual reality <imaginary fears> <an imaginary illness> …
20imaginary — i|ma|gi|na|ry [ıˈmædʒınəri US neri] adj not real, but produced from pictures or ideas in your mind ▪ As she listened, she played an imaginary piano on her knees. ▪ We must protect older people from harm, whether it is real or imaginary …
