That which comes from one's imagination.
Used in a Sentence
fantasies
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fantasies.
Editorial note
The more people we have benefitting from these fantasies, the more likely that these fantasies continue.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
That which comes from one's imagination.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of fantasies gathered in one view.
A fantastical design.
(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for fantasies.
noun
That which comes from one's imagination.
noun
A fantastical design.
noun
(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
noun
(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
Example sentences
The more people we have benefitting from these fantasies, the more likely that these fantasies continue.
The reason is because it also serves the purpose of providing alternative fantasies to those who wish to imagine the continuation of southern institutional racism.
It is not my fault hat almost all the people doesn't agree with your libertarian fantasies.
That reflects the fantasies of Yudkowsky and his geek friends (that intelligence is the most important thing) than anything reasonable.
So yes, there are plenty of one-dimensional characters who are products of someone's fantasies, designed to appeal to a select audience.
Spend a lot of time to find out trying to make them work that the features they've described in detail were fantasies.
At least someone in the universe would be living out my space opera fantasies!
I don't own a gun, but I have had fantasies about doing exactly the same thing.
To know that I am not the only one with such fantasies makes me feel more...
State is a prerequisite for law, except in a libertarian's dorm-room fantasies.
I'm kind of surprised how dense the ret-con fantasies here are about the web considering this is a pretty technical forum.
But it's very hard not to notice how the singulariters' belief in noncorporal-intelligent deities is a clear, a bit sad, reflection of their own fantasies.
Quote examples
Reminds me of when homosexuals developed aids in the 80s; "Serves them right." I think people need to really stop it with the revenge fantasies for behaviors they dislike.
I'm now consciously trying to convert silly "when I'm rich I'll........" fantasies into the question "so what's preventing me doing that thing right now?"
I hope this helps, I can confess that I sometimes have fantasies of how productive I was in "regular jobs" until I remember all of the pointless meetings, unproductive political constraints, and other meaningless activities I was required to take part in.
Yudkowsky and friends like to argue for what they call "rationality" (which is the name they give a particular form of autistic thinking imbued with repressed fantasies of power -- or a disaster only they can stop -- which is apparent in all of their "reasonable assumptions"), but their "larger than zero probability" games could be applied to just about any dystopic dream there is.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use fantasies in a sentence?
The more people we have benefitting from these fantasies, the more likely that these fantasies continue.
What does fantasies mean?
That which comes from one's imagination.
What part of speech is fantasies?
fantasies is commonly used as noun.