fantasy has definitions from the field of writing
1
[ noun ] imagination unrestricted by reality

Synonyms

phantasy

Examples

"a schoolgirl fantasy"

Used in print

(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)

It is not through space nor time that the time_machine most approved by science_fiction must travel for a visit to the permanent prehistoric past , or the ever existent past fantasy future .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

Like Eliot , in my fantasies , I had a proud bearing and , with a skill that was vaguely continental , I would lead Jessica through an evening of dancing and handsome descriptions of my newest exploits , would guide her gently to the night 's climax which , in my dreams , was always represented by our almost suffocating one another to death with deep , moist kisses burning with love .

The weeks went_by , and the longer our separation grew , the more unbounded and almost unbearable my fantasies became .

2
[ noun ] (writing) fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it

Synonyms

phantasy

Examples

"she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"

Used in print

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

In a series of fairy_tales and fantasies , Melies demonstrated that the film is superbly equipped to tell a straightforward story , with beginning , middle and end , complications , resolutions , climaxes , and conclusions .

Related terms

fiction science_fiction

3
[ noun ] something many people believe that is false

Examples

"they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

Used in print

(Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)

The sound discoveries of_this quixotic genius were so diluted by those of fantasy that the prize was never awarded to him .

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