fantasyfan‧ta‧sy /ˈfæntəsi/ ●●○ noun (plural fantasies) 
I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist. sexual fantasies Young children sometimes can’t distinguish between fantasy and reality. He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy.2[singular, uncountable] an idea or belief that is based only on imagination, not on real facts: Memories can sometimes be pure fantasy, rather than actual recollections.3[countable] a story, film etc that is based on imagination and not facts: a surrealist fantasy set in a South American village
WORD ORIGINfantasy
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Greek, ‘appearance, imagination’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a young woman's romantic fantasies
- Everyone's fantasy is that one day they will win the National Lottery.
- My son seems to live in a fantasy world sometimes.
- Psychologists say that memories can sometimes be pure fantasy, rather than actual recollections.
- After the fantasy performance, we, the individuals doing the fantasising, are left with some reactions to our fantasy.
- He tried to dislike her, but the first date had been like some strawberry-coated fantasy.
- Perhaps it's the fault of the Hollywood star system for neglecting its role of fantasy and glamour.
- The first was the students' attitudes toward their fantasies.
THESAURUSsomething that you want to do
something very special that you want to do and that you think about a lot, especially something that is not very likely to happen: · As a teenager, his dream was to become a professional footballer.
something that you want to achieve and that you work hard to achieve, especially in your work: · My ambition had always been to start my own business.
the important things that people want from their lives – used especially about the things a society or a large group of people wants: · It’s important that young people think seriously about their career aspirations.
something exciting that you imagine happening to you, which is extremely unlikely to happen and often involves sex: · schoolboy fantasies
a dream that is impossible or is extremely unlikely to happen: · Is world peace no more than a pipe dream?
Longman Language Activatorsomething that you imagine not real, but existing only as a picture or idea in your mind: · When Linda was a child she had an imaginary friend called Booboo.· He pointed an imaginary gun at me and pretended to shoot.· Frankie was the kind of guy who lived in an imaginary world all of his own.
an exciting or enjoyable experience that you imagine happening to you, but which will probably never happen: · Everyone's fantasy is that one day they will win the National Lottery.live in a fantasy world (=to always be having fantasies): · My son seems to live in a fantasy world sometimes.
pleasant thoughts you have about something you would like to do, that make you forget where you are and what you are doing: · I began to have daydreams about us being married.· She was sitting at the back of the class, lost in a daydream.
something you see that does not really exist, especially something that you see because you are ill or have taken drugs: · I knew that what I had seen was a hallucination, but it was so real and frightening.have hallucinations: · Jamie lost two and a half stone in the next fortnight, couldn't eat and had hallucinations.
an image, especially a religious image, that you can see but which other people cannot: · Bernadette had a vision in which the Virgin Mary appeared before her.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist. He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist. He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy. (=something that is not true at all)· He dismissed the allegations as ‘pure fantasy’.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· These flatties were made by men and mainly for men, and trade on male fantasies.
· There is thus a connection between people's private fantasies and their status as autonomous individuals.· It was fabulous, gorgeous in its excess, the ultimate realization of some untrammeled private fantasy.· These fanatics used fame as a chance to impose their own loopy private fantasy world on pop kids' imagination.· This was enough for Cassie to be getting on with, but soon another of her private fantasies was to be shattered.· We all have our private dreams, fantasies and secrets.
· Without that income, promises of better public services - that is, publicly financed services - are pure fantasy.· Rather than offer pure fantasy, the fashion gurus rose to the challenge of suggesting truly flattering, appropriate and stylish options.· Or possibly she had seen nothing at all, and it was pure fantasy.· If not, the rest is pure fantasy.· The subjects of these plays were pure fantasy, mingled with themes from wide reading.· These charming ideas were almost certainly propaganda or pure fantasy, but it was not safe to discount any of them.· It was pure fantasy and she knew it.· For those who have not left for the roof, be advised that the above depiction is pure fantasy.
· The romantic fantasy world that she had entered when she left the train with Ludo was dissolving in the light of reality.· These somewhat steamy romances feature a variety of contemporary problems all solved within an atmosphere of romantic fantasy.· She told herself sternly that she must shake off this tendency towards romantic fantasy.
NOUN· But the convincing portrayal of childhood fantasies, fears and rituals is marred by the unnecessary melodramatic final sequence.
· Kev, that fantasy football stuff sounds quite good.
· The bloke was living a bit of a fantasy life.· A highly sensitive child may immerse herself in the rich fantasy life of this phase, but then constantly scare herself.
· The relationship between dealer and client would often become a fantasy world, based on speculation presented as logic.· You can wander through the fantasy worlds at your leisure, but you must examine your surroundings minutely and take copious notes.· Even the fact that she suggested that they get married shows that she was living in a fantasy world.· It has more to do with spinning a fantasy world, and Hollywood is rather childish about gay actors.· These fanatics used fame as a chance to impose their own loopy private fantasy world on pop kids' imagination.· He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy.· The Brontë children had a fantasy world, and C.S. Lewis and his brother.· They continue to argue for what no one else is prepared to offer and they are wholly isolated in a fantasy world.
VERB· As long as he believes you're on his side while he acts out his fantasy, he won't harm you.· EastEnders, once renowned for gritty realism and giant characters, is now awash with pygmies acting out absurd leftish fantasies.· In the Nursery the children can act out their fantasies or fears in the privacy of the house corner.
· Main: flat table lands with steep edges help create a Gothic fantasy landscape.· Or are we creating a fantasy out of partial evidence and our own yearning?· What does an actor think about when creating the fantasy of a journey into the belly of a beast?· They had no wish to create some fantasy shaped in their own minds.
· The banks were used as limitless reservoirs to fertilise growth, indulge political fantasy and bribe the governments' friends.· If people want to indulge in fantasies about the glories of nature, that is their business.· Sometimes he would find himself indulging in fantasy, would picture them together in London in his new flat.· And some allow us to indulge in the fantasy of living in an expensive house with lots of servants.
· Mr. Murphy: Does not the so-called initiative for our valleys involve more fantasy than reality?· Fashion involves fantasy, which brings us to another major direction for 1996.· Alexander Vass was not the kind of man whom she was likely to involve in such a fantasy.
· It wants us to live out that gruesome fantasy, to find out whether we could handle it.· Or living in a fantasy of wishful make-believe.· Even the fact that she suggested that they get married shows that she was living in a fantasy world.· He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy.· Whereas she lived in a fantasy of her own making.· Only Daine wasn't just living out a fantasy.· He lived a great deal in his fantasies and he enjoyed these.
· Some self-absorbed children play elaborate fantasy games by themselves, and one can admire their creativity and imagination.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[countable, uncountable] an exciting and unusual experience or situation that you imagine happening to you, but which will probably never happen: - A small, balding academic sort not given to flights of fancy, Kolodney wasted no words as he made his announcement.
- In their more extravagant flights of fancy the choice thus offered to the voter is extended to cover specific heads of policy.
- Many are flights of imagination and, because of the very nature of the area, subjective.
- Other routines are pure flights of fancy, all the more extraordinary for the very ordinary setting.
- Part of the achievement of the visionary comes from inspiration that arises from considering the highest flights of imagination.
- The legend - the romantic flight of fancy was over.
- There are some strange flights of fancy and there are also some extremely down to earth not to say earthy observations.
- This is not a flight of fancy.
- I retreated into my shell, being painfully shy in the first place.
I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist. sexual fantasies Young children sometimes can’t distinguish between fantasy and reality. He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy.2[singular, uncountable] an idea or belief that is based only on imagination, not on real facts: Memories can sometimes be pure fantasy, rather than actual recollections.3[countable] a story, film etc that is based on imagination and not facts: a surrealist fantasy set in a South American village- Franco-
- Franco, General Francisco
- Francophone
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- Franklin, Benjamin
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- Fraser, (Mad) Frankie
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