chimera

noun

chi·me·ra kī-ˈmir-ə How to pronounce chimera (audio)

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capitalized : a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail

: an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts

: an illusion or fabrication of the mind

especially : an unrealizable dream

a fancy, a chimera in my brain, troubles me in my prayer

John Donne

His utopia was a chimera.

: an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution

A hybrid created through fusion of a sperm and an egg from different species is a chimera.

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In Greek mythology, the Chimera was a fearsome, fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a dragon's tail. She terrorized the people of Lycia until their king, Iobates, asked the hero Bellerophon to slay her. Iobates had an ulterior motive; his son-in-law wanted Bellerophon killed and the king was sure the Chimera would do the job. But Bellerophon called in Pegasus, the winged horse, and brought the Chimera down from above. The beast lived on in people's imaginations, and English speakers adopted her name for any similarly grotesque monster, or, later, for anything fanciful.

Example Sentences

Economic stability in that country is a chimera. a monster in the closet would not have been the first chimera that the boy had seen in his mind's eye

Recent Examples on the Web It’s a 6-foot-tall, 20-foot-long creature, a chimera, made of clay and featuring fake eyelashes and dentures, which speaks to both healing and the future.

Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 Half a century later, a radical makeover brings critique front and center, while treating those ideals as a chimera rather than a promise fulfilled.

Bob Verini, Variety, 6 June 2022 Their chaotic chimera of high camp, raw tape and synthesizer noise, nasty guitar rock and rampant saxophones was a critical success, even hitting No. 10 on the U.K. charts.

Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2022 This redwood has two kinds of DNA, albino and regular, a rare genetic constitution that qualifies it as a chimera.

Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 24 July 2014 The White House and Pelosi, though, did not know the key position that left them chasing a chimera through the summer and into the fall, as Biden's poll numbers dropped and the Virginia governor's race slipped away.

Manu Raju, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022 In this case the beast was an elephant, not an indeterminate Dutch chimera, and a god floated through the sky in a golden vehicle, extending a helping hand.

Hari Kunzru, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022 For many writers of my own generation, this makes Didion an inspiration but also a chimera.

Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2022 The guerrillas also demand benefits to communities affected by environmentally damaging industries, but this has mostly been a chimera.

Jessica Camille Aguirre, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 See More

单词	chimera
释义	chimera noun chi·me·ra kī-ˈmir-ə kə- 1 a capitalized : a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail b : an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts 2 : an illusion or fabrication of the mind especially : an unrealizable dream a fancy, a chimera in my brain, troubles me in my prayer John Donne His utopia was a chimera. 3 : an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution A hybrid created through fusion of a sperm and an egg from different species is a chimera. Did you know? In Greek mythology, the Chimera was a fearsome, fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a dragon's tail. She terrorized the people of Lycia until their king, Iobates, asked the hero Bellerophon to slay her. Iobates had an ulterior motive; his son-in-law wanted Bellerophon killed and the king was sure the Chimera would do the job. But Bellerophon called in Pegasus, the winged horse, and brought the Chimera down from above. The beast lived on in people's imaginations, and English speakers adopted her name for any similarly grotesque monster, or, later, for anything fanciful. Synonyms conceit daydream delusion dream fancy fantasy phantasy figment hallucination illusion nonentity phantasm fantasm pipe dream unreality vision See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Economic stability in that country is a chimera. a monster in the closet would not have been the first chimera that the boy had seen in his mind's eye Recent Examples on the Web It’s a 6-foot-tall, 20-foot-long creature, a chimera, made of clay and featuring fake eyelashes and dentures, which speaks to both healing and the future. Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 Half a century later, a radical makeover brings critique front and center, while treating those ideals as a chimera rather than a promise fulfilled. Bob Verini, Variety, 6 June 2022 Their chaotic chimera of high camp, raw tape and synthesizer noise, nasty guitar rock and rampant saxophones was a critical success, even hitting No. 10 on the U.K. charts. Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2022 This redwood has two kinds of DNA, albino and regular, a rare genetic constitution that qualifies it as a chimera. Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 24 July 2014 The White House and Pelosi, though, did not know the key position that left them chasing a chimera through the summer and into the fall, as Biden's poll numbers dropped and the Virginia governor's race slipped away. Manu Raju, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022 In this case the beast was an elephant, not an indeterminate Dutch chimera, and a god floated through the sky in a golden vehicle, extending a helping hand. Hari Kunzru, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022 For many writers of my own generation, this makes Didion an inspiration but also a chimera. Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 5 Jan. 2022 The guerrillas also demand benefits to communities affected by environmentally damaging industries, but this has mostly been a chimera. Jessica Camille Aguirre, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Latin chimaera, from Greek chimaira she-goat, chimera; akin to Old Norse gymbr yearling ewe, Greek cheimōn winter — more at hibernate First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Medical Definition chimera noun chi·me·ra variants or chiefly British chimaera kī-ˈmir-ə, kə- : an individual, organ, or part containing tissue with two or more genetically distinct populations of cells chimera noun as in illusion a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality a monster in the closet would not have been the first chimera that the boy had seen in his mind's eye Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance illusion dream fantasy daydream vision delusion phantasm mirage nightmare idea hallucination figment unreality imaging pipe dream phantasy conceit fantasm fiction castle in the air castle in Spain concoction fabrication nonentity utopia ignis fatuus fancy visualization fable brainchild cloudland envisaging invention cloud-cuckoo-land will-o'-the-wisp Shangri-la daymare Antonyms & Near Antonyms reality fact actuality
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