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 Definitions of fantasy  [ˈfæn tə si, -zi]  

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Definition of 'fantasy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) fantasy
imagination, esp. when extravagant and unrestrained.

2.  fantasy
the forming of mental images, esp. wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing.

3.  fantasy
the succession of mental images thus formed.

4.  fantasy
an imagined or conjured up sequence of events, esp. one provoked by an unfulfilled psychological need.

5.  fantasy
an abnormal or bizarre sequence of mental images, as a hallucination.

6.  fantasy
a supposition based on no solid foundation; illusion.

7.  fantasy
caprice; whim.

8.  fantasy
an imaginative or fanciful creation; intricate, elaborate, or whimiscal design.

9.  fantasy
a form of fiction based on imaginative or fanciful characters and premises.

10. (v.i.) fantasy
to form mental images; imagine; fantasize.

11.  fantasy
to write or play fantasias.

12. (v.t.) fantasy
to form mental images of; create in the mind.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME: imaginative faculty < L phantasia < Gk phantasía idea, notion)

Definition of 'fantasy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) fantasy, phantasy
imagination unrestricted by reality
"a schoolgirl fantasy"

2. (noun) fantasy, phantasy
fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
"she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"

3. (verb) illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy
something many people believe that is false
"they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

4. (verb) fantasy, fantasize, fantasise
indulge in fantasies
"he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"


Definition of 'fantasy' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) fantasy
an imagined situation that is unlikely to occur, or the act of imagining such situations
sexual fantasies; my fantasy about becoming a rock star; Fantasy is important in children's lives.


Definition of 'fantasy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) fantasy
fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor

2. (noun) fantasy
fantastic designs

3. (verb) fantasy
to have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy


Definition of 'fantasy' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  fantasy
An imagined sequence of events or mental images, e.g., daydreams.


Translation of 'fantasy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an imaginary (especially not realistic) scene, story etc
He was always having fantasies about becoming rich and famous; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: fantasie Arabic flag Arabic: خَيال، تَوَهُّم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: фантазия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fantasia Czech flag Czech: fantazie, představa German flag German: die Phantasie, Phantasie-
Danish flag Danish: fantasi; fantasi- Greek flag Greek: φαντασία, όνειρο, φαντασί Spanish flag Spanish: fantasía
Estonian flag Estonian: fantaasia, unistus Farsi flag Farsi: تخیل Finnish flag Finnish: fantasia
French flag French: (de) fantaisie Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַזָיָה Hindi flag Hindi: कोरी कल्पना
Croatian flag Croatian: mašta, sanjarija; izmišlj Hungarian flag Hungarian: fantázia Indonesian flag Indonesian: khayalan, fantasi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: draumórar; ímyndun, hugar Italian flag Italian: fantasia; di fantasia Japanese flag Japanese: 空想
Korean flag Korean: 공상, 환상 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: fantazija Latvian flag Latvian: fantāzija; fantāzijas-
Malay flag Malay: fantasi Dutch flag Dutch: fantasie Norwegian flag Norwegian: fantasi, drøm, fantastisk
Polish flag Polish: marzenie Persian flag Persian: تخیل Pashto flag Pashto: فانتزى، خيال، چرت، خيال پ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fantasia Romanian flag Romanian: (de) vis Russian flag Russian: фантазия
Slovak flag Slovak: fantázia Slovenian flag Slovenian: sanjarija, sanjski Serbian flag Serbian: fantazija
Swedish flag Swedish: fantasi Thai flag Thai: การจินตนาการ Turkish flag Turkish: hayal
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 幻想 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: фантазія Urdu flag Urdu: خیالی صورت گری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hình ảnh tưởng tượng Chinese flag Chinese: 幻想

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