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chi·me·ra

/kaɪˈmirə/ noun

plural chi·me·ras

[count] 1 Chimera : a monster from Greek mythology that breathes fire and has a lion's head, a goat's body, and a snake's tail

2 formal : something that exists only in the imagination and is not possible in reality
▪ Economic stability in that country is a chimera.

— chi·mer·i·cal /kaɪˈmerəkəl/ adjective [more chimerical; most chimerical]
▪ chimerical [=imaginary] dreams of economic stability