imaginary
adj.
fanciful, created by the imagination, imagined
Imaginary
imaginary
Adjective
1. not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
(synonym) fanciful, imagined, notional
(similar) unreal
Imaginary
(n.)
An imaginary expression or quantity.
(a.)
Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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杞人忧天
qi3 ren2 you1 tian1
The man from Qi feared that the sky might fall.
Said of imaginary or groundless fears. Cross the bridge when you get there!
杯弓蛇影
bei1 gong1 she2 ying3
Mistaking the bow's shadow in the cup for a snake.
Said of unfounded suspicion and imaginary fears. Being afraid of shadows.
鬼由心生
gui3 you2 xin1 sheng1
Ghosts are conceived in the mind.
Referring to ungrounded fear. Being afraid of shadows. The devil rides on a fiddlestick.