fantasy
has definitions from the field of writing
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[ noun ] imagination unrestricted by reality
Synonyms 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 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (writing) fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it
Synonyms 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 |
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[ 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 . Related terms misconception wishful_thinking will-o'-the-wisp bubble visualize |
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