ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF THE WORD, FANTASY

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late Gk "to imagine , have visions " related to phaos , phos "light " Sense of "whimsical notion , illusion " is pre-1400 followed by that of "imagination " which is first attested 1539 . Sense of "day-dream based on desires " is from 1926 , as is fantasize

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1 . imagination , esp . when extravagant and unrestrained 2 . the forming of mental images , esp . wondrous or strange fancies imaginative conceptualizing 3 . a mental image , esp . when unreal or fantastic vision : a nightmare fantasy 4 . Psychology . an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need daydream 5 . a hallucination 6 . a supposition based on no solid foundation visionary idea illusion dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies 7 . caprice whim...