fantasy
Americannoun
plural
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imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
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the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strange ones; imaginative conceptualizing.
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a mental image, especially when unreal or fantastic; vision.
a nightmare fantasy.
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Psychology. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream.
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a hallucination.
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a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion.
dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies.
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caprice; whim.
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an ingenious or fanciful thought, design, or invention.
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a genre of fiction involving magical, folkloric, or mythical elements.
I've been reading a lot of fantasy lately.
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Literature. Also an imaginative or fanciful work, especially one dealing with supernatural or unnatural events or characters.
The stories of Poe are fantasies of horror.
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Music. fantasia.
adjective
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noting or relating to a genre of fiction involving magical, folkloric, or mythical elements.
All his favorite fantasy novels are about elves.
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noting or relating to any of various games or leagues in which fans assemble players of a professional sport into imaginary teams, and points are scored based on the performance of these players in real games.
fantasy football;
fantasy sports.
verb (used with or without object)
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to form mental images; imagine; fantasize.
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Rare. to write or play fantasias.
noun
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imagination unrestricted by reality
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( as modifier )
a fantasy world
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a creation of the imagination, esp a weird or bizarre one
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psychol
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a series of pleasing mental images, usually serving to fulfil a need not gratified in reality
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the activity of forming such images
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a whimsical or far-fetched notion
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an illusion, hallucination, or phantom
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a highly elaborate imaginative design or creation
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music another word for fantasia fancy development
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literature having a large fantasy content
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a prose or dramatic composition of this type
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(modifier) of or relating to a competition, often in a newspaper, in which a participant selects players for an imaginary ideal team, and points are awarded according to the actual performances of the chosen players
fantasy football
verb
Related Words
See fancy .
Other Word Forms
- nonfantasy noun
Etymology
Origin of fantasy
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English fantasie “imaginative faculty, mental image” (from Anglo-French, Old French ), from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantasía “an idea, notion, image,” literally, “a making visible, display”; fantastic , -y 3
Example Sentences
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Branded as "danmei" - or indulgence in beauty - the genre is part of a beloved lineage of gay romance that has long catered to female fantasy.
From BBC
Worthy of debate, however, is how the pure fantasy landscape of “Avatar” fits in a park that still nominally tries to reflect California and our diversity.
From Los Angeles Times
The longest-running fantasy on TV sunnily depicts the American commoner’s relationship with the ruling class, and vice versa.
From Salon
The games Finance, Inflation and others thrived during the Great Depression as a fantasy of an American Dream far out of reach for most homes.
In the Season 8 finale — before the show reset with a medical school setting — J.D., always prone to elaborate fantasy sequences, sees a vision of how his life is going to turn out.
From Los Angeles Times
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