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Definition of: fantasy
(fan′tə·sē, -zē) noun plural ·sies
1. A fantastic notion or mental image; fancy.
2. A fantastic design, as in embroidery.
3. Psychol. The form of representation that brings before the mind a sequence of images serving to fulfil a need not gratified in the real world; a daydream.
4. Music A fantasia.
5. A capricious mood. See synonyms under DREAM, IDEA, IMAGINATION.
—v.t. ·sied, ·sy·ing To imagine; conceive. Also spelled phantasy. [<F fantasie <L phantasia <Gk., appearance <phainein show]
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