fantasy

CEFRB1

/ˈfæntəsi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An imagined situation or story that is not real.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A fantastical design.

Examples

  • Fantasy is often the mother of art.

  • In his fantasy, he imagined he was a famous writer.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈfænəsi]
  • [ˈfæ̃ɾ̃əsi]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

  2. That which comes from one's imagination.

  3. That which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.

More examples

In context

  • Mathematicians are poets, except that they have to prove what their fantasy creates.

  • A thousand fantasies / Begin to throng into my memory.

  • Is not this something more than fantasy?

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Origin

noun

Middle English fantasie English fantasy Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy. Verb from Middle English fantasien, from Old French fantasier. Doublet of fancy.