fantasy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Something you imagine that is pleasant but unlikely to happen.

   Winning the lottery was just a fantasy of hers.

2. 2
   noun

   The use of imagination, especially about things that are not real.

   As a child, she lived in a world of fantasy.

3. 3
   noun

   A type of story full of magic and imaginary worlds.

   He mostly reads fantasy and science fiction.

Common collocations

• fantasy world Noun + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía)bor. Latin phantasia Old French fantasiebor. Middle English fantasie English fantasy Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imag…

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