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chimerical

[ ki-mer-i-kuhl, -meer-, kahy- ]

adjective

  1. unreal; imaginary; visionary:

    a chimerical terrestrial paradise.

    Synonyms: fantastic, illusory

    Antonyms: real

  2. wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic:

    a chimerical plan.



chimerical

/ kɪ-; kaɪˈmɛrɪkəl; kaɪˈmɛrɪk /

adjective

  1. wildly fanciful; imaginary
  2. given to or indulging in fantasies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • chiˈmerically, adverb
  • chiˈmericalness, noun
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Other Words From

  • chi·mer·i·cal·ly adverb
  • non·chi·mer·ic adjective
  • non·chi·mer·i·cal adjective
  • non·chi·mer·i·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chimerical1

First recorded in 1630–40; chimer(a) + -ical
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Example Sentences

Sharply vivid rather than suggestively chimerical, the scenes and dances had a trim, finely honed character.

Claims made for the abilities or perils of AI chatbots have often turned out to be mistaken or chimerical.

Which is to say, this was a precious, anticipated, frankly anxious affair — the materialization of a beloved and mercurial performer moving from the chimerical to the literal.

Ms. Mori’s creations look like chimerical species — hybrids of barnacles and cumulus clouds, a baobab and a weeping willow, a waterlily and fiddlehead ferns, sea urchin spines and a swarm of starlings.

The chimerical enemy is firmly within humanity, not as an abstraction of human nature but in real human form.

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