Imaginary: meaning, definitions and examples
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imaginary
[ ษชหmadสษชnษri ]
used to describe something that does not exist in reality
Existing only in the imagination or as a product of the imagination. Not real or actual. Fictitious or invented. Existing only in the mind or imagination.
Synonyms
fantasy, fictional, fictitious, unreal
Examples of usage
- It was an imaginary world where anything was possible.
- She had an imaginary friend when she was a child.
- The unicorn is an imaginary creature from folklore.
- He told an imaginary story about his travels to Mars.
- The imaginary line between fantasy and reality blurred.
Translations
Translations of the word "imaginary" in other languages:
๐ต๐น imaginรกrio
๐ฎ๐ณ เคเคพเคฒเฅเคชเคจเคฟเค
๐ฉ๐ช imaginรคr
๐ฎ๐ฉ khayalan
๐บ๐ฆ ััะฒะฝะธะน
๐ต๐ฑ imaginacyjny
๐ฏ๐ต ๆถ็ฉบใฎ
๐ซ๐ท imaginaire
๐ช๐ธ imaginario
๐น๐ท hayali
๐ฐ๐ท ์์์
๐ธ๐ฆ ุฎูุงูู
๐จ๐ฟ imaginรกrnรญ
๐ธ๐ฐ imaginรกrny
๐จ๐ณ ่ๆ็
๐ธ๐ฎ imaginaren
๐ฎ๐ธ รญmyndaรฐur
๐ฐ๐ฟ าะธัะปะดะฐาั
๐ฌ๐ช แฌแแ แแแกแแฎแแแแ
๐ฆ๐ฟ xษyal
๐ฒ๐ฝ imaginario
Word origin
The word 'imaginary' originated in the late 14th century from the Latin word 'imaginarius', which means 'relating to the imagination'. Over time, the word evolved to its current usage in English to describe something that exists only in the mind or imagination, not in reality. The concept of the imaginary has been explored in various fields such as psychology, literature, and art, highlighting the importance of imagination in human creativity and perception.
See also: imagination, imaginative, imaginatively, imagineer, imagining, reimagine, reimagining, unimaginability, unimaginable, unimaginableness, unimaginably, unimaginative, unimaginatively.