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   Fan·ta·sy

   /ˈfan(t)əsē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the faculty or activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable: "his research had moved into the realm of fantasy" Similar imaginationcreativityfancyinventionoriginalityvisionspeculationmake-believedaydreamingreverieOpposite truthrealism
   • ▪ a fanciful mental image, typically one on which a person dwells at length or repeatedly and which reflects their conscious or unconscious wishes: "the notion of being independent is a child's ultimate fantasy" Similar dreamdaydreampipe dreamflight of fancyfanciful notionwishwishful thinkingfond hopechimeradelusionillusionfigment of the imaginationcastle in the aircastle in Spaininformal:pie in the skycloud cuckoo land
   • ▪ an idea with no basis in reality: "it is a misleading fantasy to suggest that the bill can be implemented"
   • ▪ a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, especially in a setting other than the real world. Similar mythlegendfablefairy taleromancescience fictionsci-fihorrorsword and sorceryescapismOpposite realism
   • ▪ denoting a competition or league in which participants select imaginary teams from among the players in a real sports league and score points according to the actual performance of their players: "he's my second-round draft choice in fantasy baseball this year"
   • 2. a musical composition, free in form, typically involving variation on an existing work or the imaginative representation of a situation or story; a fantasia.

   verb

   • 1. imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about: literary "it is ludicrous to fantasy “disinventing” the hydrogen bomb"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French fantasie, via Latin from Greek phantasia ‘imagination, appearance’, later ‘phantom’, from phantazein ‘make visible’. From the 16th to the 19th centuries the Latinized spelling phantasy was also used.

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   fantasy meaning, definition, what is fantasy: an exciting and unusual experience or si...: Learn more.

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   FANTASY definition: a situation or event that you imagine, which is not real or true. Learn more.

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   May 2, 2022 · Dino Mušić. May 2, 2022. 6 min read. Theory of Fantasy Literature 101: What is Fantasy? Foreword. Sub-genres of fantasy literature are manifold and multiform, each pursuing and providing a different central idea around which a magical, marvelous world is built.

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   1 [mass noun] the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things: his researches had moved into the realms of fantasy [as modifier]: a fantasy world More example sentences The proposition that tolls might quadruple on the Forth Road Bridge at peak times belongs in the realms of fantasy, in the box marked ‘politically ...

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   A general term for any kind of fictional work that is not primarily devoted to realistic representation of the known world. The category includes several literary genres (e.g. dream vision, fable, fairy tale, romance, science fiction) describing imagined worlds in which magical powers and other impossibilities are accepted.

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   a pleasant situation or event that you imagine, which is not real or true: Steve’s fantasy was to have a big house and an expensive car. (Definition of fantasy from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of fantasy. in Chinese (Traditional) 幻想, 想像, 魔幻故事… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 幻想, 想象, 魔幻故事…