Definition: Fantasy
Etymology
Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (fantasy), from Latin phantasia (imagination), from Ancient Greek φαντασία or phantasÃa (apparition), from φαντάζω or phantázÅ (to render visible), from φαντός or phantós (visible), from φαίνω or phaÃnÅ (to make visible); from the same root as φάος or pháos (light); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bÊ°hâ‚‚nyéti, from the root *bÊ°ehâ‚‚- (to shine). Doublet of fancy and fantasia.
Verb from Middle English fantasien, from Old French fantasier. Doublet of fancy.
Noun
fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural fantasies)
- That which comes from one's imagination.
- (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
- A fantastical design.
Derived terms
- dark fantasy
- fantasy baseball
- fantasy cricket
- fantasy football
- fantasy land
- fantasy sports
- fantasy world
- fantasy wrestling
- science fantasy
- urban fantasy
Related terms
- fantasize
Verb
fantasy (third-person singular simple present fantasies, present participle fantasying, simple past and past participle fantasied)
- (literary, psychoanalysis) To fantasize (about).
- (transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.
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