Fantasy/Phantasy

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Fantasy

[fan-tuh-see, -zee] 
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noun, plural fantasies.

1.

imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.

2.

the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strangefancies; imaginative conceptualizing.

3.

a mental image, especially when unreal or fantastic; vision:

a nightmare fantasy.

4.

Psychology. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling apsychological need; daydream.

5.

a hallucination.

6.

a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion:

dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies.

7.

caprice; whim.
adjective

11.

noting or relating to any of various games or leagues in which fansassemble players of a professional sport into imaginary teams, andpoints are scored based on the performance of these players in realgames:

fantasy football; fantasy sports.
verb (used with or without object), fantasied, fantasying.

12.

to form mental images; imagine; fantasize.

13.

Rare. to write or play fantasias.
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Sometimes, phantasy.
Origin of fantasyExpand
Middle English
Old French
Latin
Greek
1275-1325

1275-1325; Middle English fantasie imaginative faculty, mental image (< Anglo-French, Old French) < Latin phantasia < Greek phantasía an idea,notion, image, literally, a making visible; see fantastic, -y3

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