Definition of fantasy
plural fantasies
2
:fancy;
especially
:the free play of creative imagination
3
:a creation of the imaginative faculty whether expressed or merely conceived: such as
a
:a fanciful design or invention
- a fantasy of delicate tracery
b
:a chimerical or fantastic notion
- His plans are pure fantasy.
c
:fantasia 1
- the organ fantasy of Johannes Brahms
d
:imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings and grotesque characters
- spent the summer reading fantasy
4
:caprice
- served to fulfill the king's fantasies
5
:the power or process of creating especially unrealistic or improbable mental images in response to psychological need
- an object of fantasy
- sexual fantasies
6
often attributive
:a coin usually not intended for circulation as currency and often issued by a dubious authority (such as a government-in-exile)
