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imaginary
/ɪˈmædʒɪn(ə)ɹi/
noun
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
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.
Synonymsall in one's head
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