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Chimerical.

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  1. Of, relating to, or in the nature of an illusion; lacking reality: chimerical, delusive, delusory, dreamlike, hallucinatory, illusive, illusory, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantasmic, visionary. See real/imaginary.
  2. Existing only in the imagination: chimerical, conceptual, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, imaginary, notional, unreal, visionary. See real/imaginary.

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(kī-mĕr'ĭk, -mēr'-)
adj.
  1. Relating to a chimera.
  2. Composed of parts of different origin.
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: being or relating to or like a chimera
  Synonyms: chimerical, chimeral
  Pertains to noun: Chimera (meaning #1)

 
 
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