imaginary
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Synonyms: imaginant, imaginal, imaginer, imaginarily, imaginate, imaginably, imaginers, imagina, paginary
Antonyms: imaginant, imaginal, imaginer, imaginarily, imaginate, imaginably, imaginers, imagina, paginary
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Adjective
- [[exist|Existing]] only in the [[imagination]].
- Relating or belonging to the imagination. <!--note these stories are real, so not sense 1-->
- {{senseid|en|mathematics}}{{lb|en|mathematics|of a number}} Having no [[real number|real]] part; that part of a [[complex number]] which is a multiple of <math>\sqrt{-1}</math> (called [[imaginary unit]]).
Noun
- [[imagination|Imagination]]; [[fancy]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
- {{lb|en|mathematics|countable}} An [[imaginary number]]. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
- {{lb|en|sociology}} 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. {{defdate|from c. 1975}}
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