also phantasy
(fantasies)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a pleasant situation or event that you think about and that you want to happen, especially one that is unlikely to happen.
...fantasies of romance and true love.
= dream
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2.
You can refer to a story or situation that someone creates from their imagination and that is not based on reality as ~.
The film is more of an ironic ~ than a horror story.
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3.
Fantasy is the activity of imagining things.
...a world of imagination, passion, ~, reflection.
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