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
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Painting of a griffin, a lion-raptor chimera, alongside the fossils of Protoceratops, a horned dinosaur.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
The fact is that the subcommittee has wasted nearly a year and a half chasing a chimera.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
Artists often portrayed these spirits as fantastic beasts and chimeras in paintings and sculptures.
—James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
His own personal chimera is a return to a lost Eden littered with eaten apples.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2024
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
The fact is that the subcommittee has wasted nearly a year and a half chasing a chimera.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
Artists often portrayed these spirits as fantastic beasts and chimeras in paintings and sculptures.
—James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
His own personal chimera is a return to a lost Eden littered with eaten apples.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2024
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