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CHIMERICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
Example:
his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists
Classified under:
Similar:
unrealistic (not realistic)
Derivation:
chimera (a grotesque product of the imagination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being or relating to or like a chimera
Example:
his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists
Synonyms:
chimeral; chimeric; chimerical
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Chimera ((Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon)
Derivation:
Chimera ((Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon)
