fantasy

1. Imagination unrestricted by reality (synset 105640291)
   "a schoolgirl fantasy"
   is a type of: imagination, imaginativeness, vision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
   subtypes:

   • dream, pipe dream - a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
   • fantasy life, phantasy life - an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world
   • fairyland, fantasy world, phantasy world - something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
   same as: phantasy
2. Fiction with a large amount of imagination in it (synset 106380048)
   "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"
   is a type of: fiction - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
   subtypes: science fiction - literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society
   same as: phantasy
3. Something many people believe that is false (synset 105904666)
   "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
   is a type of: misconception - an incorrect conception
   subtypes:

   • bubble - an impracticable and illusory idea
   • ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp - an illusion that misleads
   • wishful thinking - the illusion that what you wish for is actually true
   same as: fancy, illusion, phantasy

1. Indulge in fantasies (synset 201640910)
   "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"
   is a type of: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
   same as: fantasise, fantasize

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