Chimera
noun
An idea or hope that is impossible to achieve or not real.
The dream of a perfect society is just a chimera.
Often appears as...
- chimera of perfection
- chimera of equality
noun
In Greek mythology, a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
In the story, the hero fights with a chimera.
Often appears as...
- fire-breathing chimera
- battle the chimera
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Literary
noun
An organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation.
Scientists have created a human-pig chimera in an attempt to address the shortage of organs for transplantation.
Often appears as...
- human-pig chimera
- create a chimera
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Academic
noun
An idea or hope that is impossible to achieve or not real.
The dream of a perfect society is just a chimera.
Often appears as...
- chimera of perfection
- chimera of equality
noun
In Greek mythology, a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
In the story, the hero fights with a chimera.
Often appears as...
- fire-breathing chimera
- battle the chimera
Usage tips
Literary
noun
An organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation.
Scientists have created a human-pig chimera in an attempt to address the shortage of organs for transplantation.
Often appears as...
- human-pig chimera
- create a chimera
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Unattainable Ideal
Used to express a dream or goal that's unrealistic and cannot be achieved.
Believing that we can live without any conflicts is a chimera.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
It carries a negative tone, suggesting disappointment or foolishness in pursuing such a goal.
He chased the chimera of overnight success, only to fail.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Frequently used metaphorically in discussions about unachievable societal or personal ideals.
A utopian world without poverty is often dismissed as a chimera.
Pro Tip 1/3Unattainable Ideal
Used to express a dream or goal that's unrealistic and cannot be achieved.
Believing that we can live without any conflicts is a chimera.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
It carries a negative tone, suggesting disappointment or foolishness in pursuing such a goal.
He chased the chimera of overnight success, only to fail.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Frequently used metaphorically in discussions about unachievable societal or personal ideals.
A utopian world without poverty is often dismissed as a chimera.
Pro Tip 1/3Unattainable Ideal
Used to express a dream or goal that's unrealistic and cannot be achieved.
Believing that we can live without any conflicts is a chimera.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
It carries a negative tone, suggesting disappointment or foolishness in pursuing such a goal.
He chased the chimera of overnight success, only to fail.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Frequently used metaphorically in discussions about unachievable societal or personal ideals.
A utopian world without poverty is often dismissed as a chimera.
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My seven species of...
have enough time to go into technical details I'll just show you some of the experiments so this is all over the early feasibility experience we store potential energy to the elastic skin to make it move or use active tension course when they can move forward and backward it's called chimera we also have been working with some scientists and
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You could have a secret...
where chimera is an amalgam of three different animals. Individuals with chimerism might have two-toned skin or hair, or two different colored eyes, but most are believed to have no visible signs of the condition. Chimerism can come from a twin in utero, from a tissue or organ transplant,
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How to biohack your...
that had a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail. It was called "Chimera"- a name that has now come to be used for something that contains two or more different types of tissues or cells. As this newly engineered cell's genetic code is part T-cell, part antibody,
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We can reprogram life....
Let's have some risks. Like every powerful technology, like electricity, like an automobile, like computers, this stuff potentially can be misused. And that scares a lot of people. And as you apply these technologies, you can even turn human beings into chimeras.
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Strange Japanese Sea...
small they can fit in the palm your hand and finally we're in the right place at the right time in a rarely seen occurrence we capture a female chimera in the process of releasing her eggs see those twin sacs coming out of her body
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A "living drug" that...
The result is a chimera, a fantastic fire-breathing creature from Greek mythology, with a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail. So we decided that the paradoxical thing that we had created
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They're Baaaack -...
the right time in a rarely seen occurrence we capture a female chimera in the process of releasing her eggs see those twin sacs coming out of her body what will technology help us discover eggs
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Strange Japanese Sea...
and finally we're in the right place at the right time and a rarely seen occurrence we capture a female chimera in the process of releasing her eggs see those twin sacs coming out of her body
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A Sci-Fi Story of...
Bearing down upon them is a whirlwind. A chimera of storm clouds and plastic rubbish and burning trees. A monster made of hot dust and angry water. People scream and run,
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Rarely Seen Sharks PIPE...
there's a chimera a mysterious predator also called a ghost shark that's related to both sharks and rays hey wait a minute could it be an even rarer Pacific
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My seven species of...
have enough time to go into technical details I'll just show you some of the experiments so this is all over the early feasibility experience we store potential energy to the elastic skin to make it move or use active tension course when they can move forward and backward it's called chimera we also have been working with some scientists and
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You could have a secret...
where chimera is an amalgam of three different animals. Individuals with chimerism might have two-toned skin or hair, or two different colored eyes, but most are believed to have no visible signs of the condition. Chimerism can come from a twin in utero, from a tissue or organ transplant,
Video examples
How to biohack your...
that had a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail. It was called "Chimera"- a name that has now come to be used for something that contains two or more different types of tissues or cells. As this newly engineered cell's genetic code is part T-cell, part antibody,
Video examples
We can reprogram life....
Let's have some risks. Like every powerful technology, like electricity, like an automobile, like computers, this stuff potentially can be misused. And that scares a lot of people. And as you apply these technologies, you can even turn human beings into chimeras.
Video examples
Strange Japanese Sea...
small they can fit in the palm your hand and finally we're in the right place at the right time in a rarely seen occurrence we capture a female chimera in the process of releasing her eggs see those twin sacs coming out of her body
Video examples
A "living drug" that...
The result is a chimera, a fantastic fire-breathing creature from Greek mythology, with a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail. So we decided that the paradoxical thing that we had created
Video examples
They're Baaaack -...
the right time in a rarely seen occurrence we capture a female chimera in the process of releasing her eggs see those twin sacs coming out of her body what will technology help us discover eggs
Video examples
Strange Japanese Sea...
and finally we're in the right place at the right time and a rarely seen occurrence we capture a female chimera in the process of releasing her eggs see those twin sacs coming out of her body
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A Sci-Fi Story of...
Bearing down upon them is a whirlwind. A chimera of storm clouds and plastic rubbish and burning trees. A monster made of hot dust and angry water. People scream and run,
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Rarely Seen Sharks PIPE...
there's a chimera a mysterious predator also called a ghost shark that's related to both sharks and rays hey wait a minute could it be an even rarer Pacific
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Cesare Beccaria
Italian Judge
No man ever freely surrendered a portion of his own liberty for the sake of the public good; such a chimera appears only in fiction. If it were possible, we would each prefer that the pacts binding others did not bind us; every man sees himself as the centre of all the world's affairs.
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Jed Mercurio
British Writer
I would compare my 'Frankenstein' to Cronenberg's remake of 'The Fly.' The monster in the original Fifties version of 'The Fly' was a crude, anatomical combination of man and insect, whereas Cronenberg's version exploited knowledge of DNA to depict him as a transgenic chimera.
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Leslie Stephen
English Author
If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God is identified with the unknowable, and theology is pronounced to be a collection of meaningless words about unintelligible chimeras, then I have no doubt, and I think few people doubt.
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Cynthia Ozick
American Novelist
Sometimes writing has to be forced. In starting out, the shape and timbre and texture of what is to come is an uncertain chimera shimmering from behind a veil. You must not wait, loiter, dilly-dally. You must force your way painfully through.
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Will Self
English Author
Just as the blurring between childhood and adulthood has produced the kidult, so the stretching of middle into old age has fostered another peculiar chimera: septuagenarians with apoptosis sporting the depeche mode.
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Susannah Cahalan
American Journalist
In Greek myth, a chimera is a creepy combination of lion, goat, dragon - in humans, chimeras are one person who contains two sets of DNA. That's right. One person comes up in tests as two different people.
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Alex Tabarrok
Canadian Economist
Conservatives have long argued, correctly, that 'fine-tuning' the economy is a chimera, but that argument seems to have disappeared from the conservative handbook.
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Sarah Hall
English Writer
I was a terrible painter - my portraits looked like the evil chimera love-children of Picasso's demoiselles and the BBC test card clown.
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Janos Bolyai
Hungarian Mathematician
One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera.
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Cesare Beccaria
Italian Judge
No man ever freely surrendered a portion of his own liberty for the sake of the public good; such a chimera appears only in fiction. If it were possible, we would each prefer that the pacts binding others did not bind us; every man sees himself as the centre of all the world's affairs.
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Jed Mercurio
British Writer
I would compare my 'Frankenstein' to Cronenberg's remake of 'The Fly.' The monster in the original Fifties version of 'The Fly' was a crude, anatomical combination of man and insect, whereas Cronenberg's version exploited knowledge of DNA to depict him as a transgenic chimera.
Quote examples
Leslie Stephen
English Author
If atheism is to be used to express the state of mind in which God is identified with the unknowable, and theology is pronounced to be a collection of meaningless words about unintelligible chimeras, then I have no doubt, and I think few people doubt.
Quote examples
Cynthia Ozick
American Novelist
Sometimes writing has to be forced. In starting out, the shape and timbre and texture of what is to come is an uncertain chimera shimmering from behind a veil. You must not wait, loiter, dilly-dally. You must force your way painfully through.
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Will Self
English Author
Just as the blurring between childhood and adulthood has produced the kidult, so the stretching of middle into old age has fostered another peculiar chimera: septuagenarians with apoptosis sporting the depeche mode.
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Susannah Cahalan
American Journalist
In Greek myth, a chimera is a creepy combination of lion, goat, dragon - in humans, chimeras are one person who contains two sets of DNA. That's right. One person comes up in tests as two different people.
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Alex Tabarrok
Canadian Economist
Conservatives have long argued, correctly, that 'fine-tuning' the economy is a chimera, but that argument seems to have disappeared from the conservative handbook.
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Sarah Hall
English Writer
I was a terrible painter - my portraits looked like the evil chimera love-children of Picasso's demoiselles and the BBC test card clown.
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Janos Bolyai
Hungarian Mathematician
One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera.
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