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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.

It is only natural, then, that in an age of extreme guilt, when in very tangible ways we feel as if we have failed the Earth itself, the chimerical enemy should be all too human.

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