fantasy

ˈfæntəsi

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#1·6h ago

That which comes from one's imagination.

Is not this something more than fantasy?

Origin: Noun , from , from , from , from to render visible, from visible, from to make visible; from the same root as light; ultimately from , from the root to shine. . Verb from , from .. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·6h ago

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

A thousand fantasies / Begin to throng into my memory.

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#3·6h ago

A fantastical design.

Try as hard as it can, empirical science cannot come up with a naturalistic explanation; it can only slip into fantasies that make scientists feel good because they are in harmony with their opinions, prejudices, and unconscious assumpti…

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