Definition of "imaginary" in Englisch

adjective

1. Existing only in the imagination.

   • imaginary friend
   • Unicorns are imaginary.

2. (mathematics, of a number)

noun

1. Imagination; fancy.

2. (mathematics, countable) An imaginary number.

3. (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.