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also phantasies
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as in dreams
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
a constant daydreamer who started to believe his own fantasies
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as in fictions
something that is the product of the imagination
we were coming to the conclusion that the person Karen "saw" in the woods was another one of her fantasies
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as in imagines
to form a mental picture of
She regularly fantasies exciting adventures.
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Recent Examples of fantasies
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Circe and Calypso, for instance, are fantasies of pleasure and captivity, projections of men’s fear of losing control; Odysseus’ abandonment of them is part of his return to command.
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Iraq was losing the war that would create the state of Israel, a humiliation that challenged fantasies of Arab unity and conquest.
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Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
Chronic depression escalated into near-constant fantasies of suicide.
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Brad Ryan,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
World Cup fantasies override my everyday duties.
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Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
People create their own fantasies.
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Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
These fantasies can all skew toward exclusionary extremism on the left and the right.
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Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
3 June 2026
These are hedonistic fantasies, true, but this one, like the Craig pentalogy, goes far deeper.
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Alex James Kane,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Noun
For this dourest of doubters, Musk’s claims for the feats ahead can only happen in the SpaceX founder’s head, or in the sci-fi fantasies Eisman grew up on.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Circe and Calypso, for instance, are fantasies of pleasure and captivity, projections of men’s fear of losing control; Odysseus’ abandonment of them is part of his return to command.
—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Iraq was losing the war that would create the state of Israel, a humiliation that challenged fantasies of Arab unity and conquest.
—
Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
Chronic depression escalated into near-constant fantasies of suicide.
—
Brad Ryan,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
World Cup fantasies override my everyday duties.
—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
People create their own fantasies.
—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
These fantasies can all skew toward exclusionary extremism on the left and the right.
—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
3 June 2026
These are hedonistic fantasies, true, but this one, like the Craig pentalogy, goes far deeper.
—
Alex James Kane,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantasies
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Romelu Lukaku scored the fourth goal just at the end of stoppage time, and ending the USMNT’s dreams.
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Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.
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Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic.
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The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions.
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No parent ever imagines spending a holiday within hospital walls, so these traditions aim to give them something to look forward to and enjoy in the midst of it all.
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Ward imagines a space inside a space, not unlike the custom tents and custom builds popular in luxury weddings right now (one tent took five days to assemble and recreate a Greek Orthodox church, Vogue reported).
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And for Rhaenyra, there are different visions of her premiership, one being something that looks a little like her father’s, that of the sort of moderate, kind of peaceful ruler.
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Ahead of Independence Day, the two figureheads of America’s political parties offered competing visions for the nation’s future, each before symbols of the country’s past.
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By Christopher Arnott Even tales as old as time need to get told a different way every once in a while.
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Everything else in these tales of Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister can be a bit over-amped and over-stylized.
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The company’s existing workhorse rocket, Electron, is simply too small to deliver most of the kinds of communications satellites that Rocket Lab envisions developing.
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Baldet envisions Elevate as a category-defining modern wellness brand, built on utility and trust.
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And amidst the momentum of reverie, there’s the line ‘Blink at the light and hope to survive,’ because daydreams in a fascist state can be scary too.
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One-touch passing, feinting and ripping hard shots into a tattered net, each is super-charged by vivid daydreams of glory on the international stage.
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The history of Kaskaskia is full of stories of resilience and stubborn pride, but also of the inevitability of nature.
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“Fantasies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantasies. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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