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fantasy

  • noun
  • /ˈfæntəsi/

That which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.

Other meanings

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

  2. A fantastical design.

Related words

  • cyberfantasy
  • docufantasy
  • fantascience
  • fantasist
  • fantastic
  • fantasylike
  • fantasywear
  • nonfantasy
  • paleofantasy
  • romantasy
  • stfantasy
  • stfsy

Example sentences

  • “Talking about a fantasy isn't consent.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Ancient Greek "φαντασία" (apparition).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fantasy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.