Fantasy

Word FANTASY
Character 7
Hyphenation fan ta sy
Pronunciations /ˈfæntəsi/

Definitions and meanings of "Fantasy"

What do we mean by fantasy?

The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy. noun

Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy. noun

A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit. noun

A genre of fiction or other artistic work characterized by fanciful or supernatural elements. noun

A work of this genre. noun

An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need. noun

An unrealistic or improbable supposition. noun

A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency. noun

A hallucination. noun

Relating to or being a game in which participants act as owners of imaginary sports teams whose personnel consists of actual players selected from a professional sports league and team performance is determined by the combined statistics of the players. adjective

To imagine; visualize. transitive verb

Same as fancy. noun

Irregular or erratic fancy in thought or action; unrestrained imagination; whim; caprice; vagary. noun

The forming of unreal, chimerical, or grotesque images in the mind; a mingling of incongruous or unfounded ideas or notions; disordered or distorted fancy; fantastic imagination. noun

A product or result of the power of fantasy; a fantastic image or thought; a disordered or distorted fancy; a phantasm. noun

In music, same as fantasia. noun

To fancy; have a liking for.

To form or conceive fancifully or fantastically; form a mental picture of; imagine.

That which comes from one's imagination.

The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

A fantastical design.

The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

1. Opposite of reality, used in literature. 2. Someone's dream way/place to have sex. Urban Dictionary

In literature and entertainment, a genre of fiction in which entirely different laws of physics and/or psychics operate, allowing people, creatures, and their surroundings to exhibit behavior not possible in reality. Urban Dictionary

One of the most interesting and fun genres that kicks reality's butt. Urban Dictionary

In literature, fantasy perpetuates medieval metaphors, while science fiction creates our contemporary metaphors. Urban Dictionary

Fantasy literature perpetuates medieval metaphors, while science fiction creates our contemporary metaphors. Urban Dictionary

A genre of literature, commonly found clenched in a nerds grip sitting in a corner at the school sock hop. infested with hobbits and the occaisonal smoking male elf who looks oddly like the blacksmith turned pirate in pirates of the carribean. Urban Dictionary

A word to describe my happiness Urban Dictionary

A strong Addiction usually with something that is not real and probably will never be. Urban Dictionary

Fantasy is the opposite of reality. Fantasy can be categorize in many ways. One way is by literature as a genre. Another is someone’s imagination and dreamscape. Fantasy can be used in multiple ways with various meaning. Urban Dictionary

Something magical that wouldn't happen in the real world, it's also a book genre like Harry Potter books for example. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fantasy

The word "fantasy" in example sentences

The desire for authenticity * is* a Modernist element, so saying it's not found in fantasy, that fantasy is a Romantic form is simply to narrow the definition of "fantasy" to include Romantic works and techniques but exclude Modernist techniqes. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

There have also been suggestions, if not recently, that the boom in fantasy is partly due to the negativity and lack of “soaring imagination” of current science fiction. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Given the male-centric history of sex in fantasy, is it good or bad if my male character is into bondage? ❋ Unknown (2009)

CHERITH (at left): I think the Harry Potter books have created a greater interest in fantasy literature in the present day, but I think the need for fantasy is something very deeply rooted in the human mind, not just for children. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Now, when you use the term fantasy, is this something you were doing for your personal pleasure? ❋ Unknown (2005)

Now that could be a result of my comparative lack of reading in fantasy, which is why I'm still open to reading more. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The "Shit Blows Up" fun of Jack's rampaging could even be quite validly deemed escapist; it's just that I try to subvert the consolation subtly within the episodes or through their relationships with the rest of the text, to seduce the reader into engaging with reality even when the fantasy is at its most sensationalist. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

As you can tell, this is steeped in fantasy, which is unfortunate for me because this type of fantasy is simply not my cup of tea. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The premise of this fantasy is the story of the G.I. Joe team, led by Duke, and their "fight for freedom wherever there is trouble" against the evil Cobra Commander and his Cobra force. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Cries that we're "Surrendering to terrorism" if this fantasy is at all perturbed, is Neo-Con propaganda designed to shame and shut up Conservatives (because we know nothing at all will shame Leftists to get on the Bus). ❋ Unknown (2007)

And what we call fantasy prices are what people are asking for in your neighborhood but may never get. ❋ Unknown (2008)

STARR: Secretary Rumsfeld refusing to discuss what he called the fantasy land of news reports that there is new war planning for a potential strike against Iran. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Cynthia, what you call fantasy may be reality for creatures living in that “fantasy world”. ❋ Sean (2006)

Steve Thompson's play presents what he calls a "fantasy version" of this, which builds up to the courtroom confrontation between the sanctimonious executives and the artists whose punchlines they've amputated. ❋ Henry Hitchings (2011)

In any case, to suggest that regular women of any age don't have the intelligence to understand that these pictures represent a "fantasy" is shortsighted. ❋ Tina Gaudoin (2011)

But to call a list Top 100 Science Fiction and then to go on and list several websites that by the list's description are about 'fantasy' is kind of hard to overlook. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Maybe the real problem with the wider use of the term "fantasy" is that for many it is simply indelibly coupled with a sense of desire, of yearning, with compensatory daydreams and wistful reveries. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

1. I [prefer] fantasy novels. 2. What's your fantasy? ❋ A Person Who Does Things (2012)

[Fantasy] [literature] by [J.R.R. Tolkien] is quite popular right now. ❋ Downstrike (2004)

Sometimes they mix fantasy with reality and then it's [fiction]. The fantasy world is [way better] than [the real world]. ❋ TheNewAgeRiseth (2005)

for instance, fantasy tends to revolve around battles between 'good' and 'evil', whereas [science fiction] often applies a more [relativistic] form of morality, or [none at all]. and robots. ❋ Imaginary Dave (2008)

for instance, fantasy tends to revolve around battles between 'good' and 'evil', whereas [science fiction] often applies a more [relativistic] form of morality, or [none at all]. and robots. ❋ Imaginary Dave (2008)

[Good lord] thats a lot of [short men] simultaneously dancing near that fantasy [novel]!! ❋ The Cool Kid (2005)

fantasy is [the same] as [my girlfriend] ❋ Huggelion (2017)

[Reality] sucks. I much rather [live in] a [fantasy]. ❋ Thinkerz (2005)

It’s [not real] it’s a [fantasy]. [Fantasy] is my favorite [genre] of books. ❋ Dreamer13_tragic (2017)

Example 1 [Peter] : Bob what book [genre] are you reading? Bob: Oh, I'm just reading a [fantasy] book Example 2 "It felt like a fantasy" ❋ ILikeCookiesLOL (2022)

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