SINCE 1828
phantasy
noun
phan·ta·sy
less common spelling of fantasy
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 sense 1
the organ fantasy of Johannes Brahms
d
: imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings and grotesque characters
spent the summer reading fantasy
— called also fantasy fiction
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
also
: a mental image or a series of mental images (such as a daydream) so created
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)
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