Meaning of fantasy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That which comes from one's imagination.
   countable, uncountable
2. costume jewellery
3. The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
   countable, uncountable
4. A fantastical design.
   countable, uncountable
5. make-believe
6. The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
   countable, slang, uncountable
7. fantasia

Equivalents

Examples

“Is not this something more than fantasy?”

“A thousand fantasies / Begin to throng into my memory.”

“The whole position was so tremendous and so absolutely unearthly, that I believe it actually lulled our sense of terror, but to this hour I often see it in my dreams, and at its mere phantasy wake up covered with cold sweat.”

“Try as hard as it can, empirical science cannot come up with a naturalistic explanation; it can only slip into fantasies that make scientists feel good because they are in harmony with their opinions, prejudices, and unconscious assumptions about the nature of reality.”

“Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread.”

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