fantasy

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfæntəsi/, /ˈfæntəzi/

Noun

fantasy

1. That which comes from one's imagination.
2. (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
3. A fantastical design.
4. (slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Related terms

• fantasize

Translations

• French: fantaisie, imaginaire, fantasme
• German: Fantasie
• Italian: fantasia
• Portuguese: fantasia
• Russian: фанта́зия
• Spanish: fantasia

Translations

• French: fantaisie, fantasy
• German: Fantasy
• Italian: fantasy
• Portuguese: fantasia
• Russian: фанта́стика

Verb

fantasy (fantasies, present participle fantasying; past and past participle fantasied)

1. (literary, psychoanalysis) To fantasize (about).
2. (obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.
3. (transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.

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