Meaning of FANTASY
| Pronunciation: | | 'fantusee
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- [n] imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
- [n] something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
- [n] fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"
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| | Synonyms: | | fancy, illusion, phantasy, phantasy |
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| | See Also: | | bubble, dream, fairyland, fantasy life, fantasy world, fiction, ignis fatuus, imagination, imaginativeness, misconception, phantasy life, phantasy world, pipe dream, science fiction, vision, will-o'-the-wisp, wishful thinking | |
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\Fan"ta*sy\, n.; pl. {Fantasies}. [See {Fancy}.]
1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful
conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice;
humor.
Is not this something more than fantasy ? --Shak.
A thousand fantasies Being to throng into my memory.
--Milton.
2. Fantastic designs.
Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold
thread. --Hawthorne.
\Fan"ta*sy\, v. t.
To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.
[Obs.] --Cavendish.
Which he doth most fantasy. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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