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(n)
(psychology) The innate, mental image of an object; the link between instinct and reality.
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The imagination.
(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
(adj)
Existing only in the imagination.
A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
(archaic) A fanciful or whimsical person.
(uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
An instance of dreaming; a dream or reverie.
The human soul, mind, or spirit.
(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered.
Something invented.
An important or main item.
A ghost or apparition.
A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
British standard spelling of specter.
A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
(attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.
The state of being new or novel; newness.
Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
The belief in a system for an ideal society, usually regarded as unrealistic.
Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
A person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, actor, presenter, dancer, musician, magician, comedian, etc.
A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
Alternative spelling of fairy tale. [A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.]
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
Extremely good; excellent, amazing.
The state of being insane; madness.
(uncountable) The state of being crazy; madness; derangement
The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
An imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined, for example, to damage or dismantle machinery.
A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.
(mythology, art) Any fantastic creature combining parts from different animals.
Any hoofed mammal of the genus Capra.
(countable, uncountable) A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
(N)
an American sitcom that aired on CBS from October 3 to October 31, 1984.
A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
(uncountable) The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not.
A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
(idiomatic, originally US) A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility.
(uncountable) The state of being unreal.
Alternative form of sci-fi. [A genre of movies featuring mostly fictional scientific scenes.]
Alternative form of fantasy land. [An ideal place that does not exist in reality.]
The state of being actual or real; realness.
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
Invented, as opposed to real.
Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
The landscape within a dream
Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
Dire; characterized by human suffering or misery.
The land or abode of fairies.
An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
An imagined world that is ideal yet unrealistic; a fantasy.
(uncountable) Erotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
The act or result of fabulating; a fabrication.
Someone living in the Middle Ages.
Of, or relating to myths or mythology.
(countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.
Synonym of phantasmagoric.
A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.
One who creates fantasies.
(by extension) Not real; false or fabricated.
Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
Action in which a person takes on a role (as that of an actor) and acts out being that character.
surreal.
Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate.
Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.
Of or pertaining to the legend of Arthur, king of the Britons, and his court at Camelot.
(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
a surrealist artist
Unrealisticness.
The act of one who fantasizes.