fantasy
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Definition
Noun:
- A product of imagination unrestricted by reality: A mental creation or scenario that is not based on real events or facts, often elaborate and fanciful.
- Fiction with a large amount of imagination: A genre or specific work of fiction characterized by highly imaginative, supernatural, or magical elements that depart from the known world.
- A false or illusory belief held by many: A widespread but erroneous idea or perception about something.
Verb:
- To indulge in fantasies: To consciously imagine pleasant or unlikely scenarios; to daydream.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The novel is a work of pure fantasy, set in a world with dragons and wizards.
- His story about meeting an alien was just a fantasy.
- The idea that money buys happiness is a common fantasy.
Verb:
- She often fantasizes about traveling the world.
- He is fantasizing if he thinks he can finish that project in one day.
Advanced Usage
"Fantasy life": The imaginary, often idealized, life a person creates in their mind.
- His rich fantasy life provided an escape from a boring routine.
"Fantasy world": A completely imaginary realm, often used to describe someone who is out of touch with reality.
- You're living in a fantasy world if you think you don't need to study for the exam.
"Fantasy football/baseball": A game where participants act as owners who build a team of real players and score points based on those players' actual statistical performance.
- He spends hours each week managing his fantasy football team.
Variants and Related Words
- Fantastical (adj): Imaginative, strange, or unreal in a way that suggests fantasy.
- The movie featured fantastical creatures.
- Fantasize (v): To create or indulge in fantasies. (This is the verb form directly derived from "fantasy").
- It's nice to fantasize about winning the lottery.
- Fantasia (n): A musical composition with a free form and an improvisatory style, often suggesting fantasy.
Synonyms
- Daydream: A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present.
- Illusion: A false idea or belief.
- Fiction: Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(Note: "Fantasy" is not commonly used to form phrasal verbs. The related verbal action is typically "fantasize about.")
Related Idioms
- A flight of fancy/fantasy: An idea or story that is very imaginative and unlikely.
- His plan to build a castle was merely a flight of fancy.
- In the realm of fantasy: Belonging to the world of imagination, not reality.
- Such a perfect solution exists only in the realm of fantasy.
Noun
- something many people believe that is false
- they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
- fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
- she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies
- imagination unrestricted by reality
- a schoolgirl fantasy
Verb
- indulge in fantasies
- he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company