imaginary adj : not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself" [syn: fanciful, imagined, notional]

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

imaginary

1. that exists only in the imagination
2. of, or being the imaginary part of a complex number

Translations

Imaginary can refer to:

• Imaginary (sociology), a concept in sociology
• Imaginary number, a concept in mathematics
• Imaginary time, a concept in physics
• Imagination, a mental faculty
• Object of the mind, an object of the imagination
• Imaginary enemy
• Imaginary friend
• Imaginary Records, a record label

The Arts

• "Imaginary" (song), a song by Evanescence
• The Imaginary (Sartre), a philosophical work by Jean-Paul Sartre

See also

• The Imaginary (disambiguation)
• Imagination (disambiguation)
• Imagine

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