The phrase "imaginary situation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a hypothetical or unreal scenario that is being described or discussed. Example: "In this essay, we will analyze the actions of the characters in the imaginary situation of a post-apocalyptic world, and how they reflect our own humanity in times of crisis."
Oddly, this imaginary situation is not such a stretch.
Prisoner's dilemma, imaginary situation employed in game theory.
The purpose of the exercise is to get students to think as entrepreneurs and develop viable business plans for this imaginary situation.
She dresses her models as the characters in her imaginary situation and then draws them boldly, swiftly and with the utmost literalness.
OUR HOUSE It is not really an imaginary situation: a news anchor takes a job as the host of a reality show, and some viewers find the line between reality and entertainment hard to distinguish.
An imaginary situation, what "manner of life there would be with no common power to fear". Where life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short". And he suggests that our prudential aim, that which is of use to us, is to escape the state of nature.
The Tate show also includes two Hockney drawings of the younger artist and Picasso in imaginary situations.
The process has been an unusually long one; Ms. Taylor-Corbett began working with the dancers in August, asking them to improvise characters and try out imaginary situations.
The text books used for language teaching contain contextually unrelated examples which demonstrate a given grammatical function applied to different imaginary situations.
In the simply written and constructed stories, which include real and imaginary situations, Minarik conveyed key characteristics of young children's lives: the need for both safety and independence, and the importance of family and of making friends who offer different possibilities.
Put another way, the patient was unable to place himself in imaginary situations.
