imaginary

IPA: ɪmˈædʒʌnɛri

Imagination; fancy.
(mathematics) An imaginary number.
(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.

Existing only in the imagination.
(mathematics, of a number) Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of √ (called imaginary unit).

Examples of "imaginary" in Sentences

I write fantasy in imaginary worlds, but my settings are historically based.
It wasn't so much fun imagining loosing her senses, and she refers to the imaginary loss of her eyesight and hearing as "harrowing."
But on the other hand, as this warmth is felt differently by different temperaments, so what we call imaginary things affect different minds.
In fact, psychologists use the term "imaginary audience" to describe this heightened state of vigilance that is especially strong during adolescence.
Because Larry’s Fundy brain is so locked by his literalism he simply thinks “imaginary numbers” are *actually imaginary* ,that is to say not real, they do not exist.
Their interests by virtue of public statements and the work made collectively between 1961 and 1966 appear largely designed to dissolve what in theater is known as the imaginary "fourth wall" dividing audiences from artists.