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UK
/fˈɑːntəsi/
]
[ US /ˈfænəsi, ˈfæntəsi/ ]
[ US /ˈfænəsi, ˈfæntəsi/ ]
NOUN
-
fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies -
something many people believe that is false
they have the illusion that I am very wealthy -
imagination unrestricted by reality
a schoolgirl fantasy
VERB
-
indulge in fantasies
he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company
How To Use fantasy In A Sentence
- It is by these special touches that the author infuses the books with the spirit of humanity, without which a fantasy becomes an empty fancy.
- There are only a couple of days left in Graeme's Fantasy Book Review's Giveaway for one of three copies of Orson Scott Card's new release, Hidden Empire. Book Contest Links ... more than a few
- Some self-absorbed children play elaborate fantasy games by themselves, and one can admire their creativity and imagination.
- He had 112 helpers, many of whom had worked on some of the best fantasy movies of the past decade. Times, Sunday Times
- This was also the heyday of the "capriccio," or architectural and landscape fantasy, established by Marco Ricci and developed by Canaletto and Tiepolo. NYT > Home Page
- Marie has an active fantasy life, and the imaginings of the specter of her husband seem to be just the start of her mind's wandering.
- You know how sometimes SF/Fantasy is referred to as "speculative fiction", in an attempt to encompass all types of non-realistic fiction, and also to avoid the stigma of genrefication?
- The film starts off realistically and then develops into a ridiculous fantasy.
- The ambiguity inherent in that fantasy of unpinning suggests not only the male desire, but also the very real potential of a female "wildness" that desires release.
- The crime is manifestly a fiction, a movie-inspired fantasy.
