Fantasy

[fan·ta·sy]

A fantasy is something you imagine, which might involve dragons, unicorns, or an imaginary best friend. If you live in a fantasy world, you're not worrying much about reality pleasant, maybe, but not very practical.

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Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

Noun
imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"

Noun
something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

Noun
fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"


n.
Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

n.
Fantastic designs.

v. t.
To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.


Fantasy

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 ?
A thousand fantasies Being to throng into my memory.
2. Fantastic designs.
Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.

Fantasy

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.

Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.

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Usage Examples

All of Koons's best art - the encased vacuum cleaners, the stainless-steel Rabbit (the late-twentieth century's signature work of Simulationist sculpture), the amazing gleaming Balloon Dog, and the cast-iron re-creation of a Civil War mortar exhibited last month at the Armory - has simultaneously flaunted extreme realism, idealism, and fantasy.

A man's primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive women without the fear of rejection.

Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.

'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.

Heaven knows, I've exposed myself in my novels through the use of fantasy and imagination... now my new book is about what really happened to me... not my heroines.

Artificial Intelligence leaves no doubt that it wants its audiences to enter a realm of pure fantasy when it identifies one of the last remaining islands of civilization as New Jersey.

Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.

And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.

All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world.

And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy.

Growing up in the '70s and '80s, science fiction and especially fantasy had such a stigma attached to them. I felt so punished and exiled for being devoted to these things.

Fantasy is totally wide open all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if you're writing about science, you have to first learn what you're writing about.

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain.

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