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A strange, fantasy-like creation or situation that follows its own bizarre logic.
adj
Synonym of Alice in Wonderland (“as in a surreal fairy tale”)
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A person who has aphantasia.
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A being created and sustained by the power of the imagination and the concentration of thought.
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(figuratively, by extension) A process that is mysterious or difficult to master.
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(fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
adj
Of or pertaining to a chimera.
adj
Relating to, or similar to the surreal style of Salvador Dalí's art.
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An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
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A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
adj
Of, or pertaining to, fables.
n
A folk story that is not entirely believable.
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(literature) A literary form in which fantastical elements are placed into an everyday setting.
adj
Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fairytale; implausibly ideal or romantic, having a happy ending, etc.
n
(chiefly art, by extension) Any work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles.
n
someone who indulges themselves in fantasies
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One who creates fantasies.
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someone who indulges in fantasies
adj
Alternative form of phantasmagorical
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(art, literature) A genre of literature and film that overlaps with science fiction, horror and fantasy; associated chiefly with French literature
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(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
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The point at which the assumed truths of an artificial or imagined reality are eroded to reveal actual reality.
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An ideal place that does not exist in reality.
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A literary work in a fantasy genre that is also a comedy of manners.
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Any of various role-playing or statistics-based games set in the world of professional wrestling.
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Alternative form of fantasy land [An ideal place that does not exist in reality.]
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fantasy or the fantasy genre.
adj
Fantastical or surreal.
adj
Containing invented elements.
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Unrealistically romantic, exciting, scenic, etc.
n
(countable) A work in this subgenre.
adj
(Britain) Alternative form of histrionic [Of or relating to actors or acting.]
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One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
adj
Relating to incantation.
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Low fantasy fiction where magical or fantastical elements intrude into the real world.
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(anthropology, social sciences, literature) A story used as an explanation of a current state of affairs.
adj
Marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of looming danger.
adj
(psychology) Having a poor fantasy life, such as not having imaginary companions nor playing pretend games.
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The attribution of causal or synchronistic relationships between thoughts and actions and events which seemingly cannot be justified by reason and observation.
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The condition or quality of being magical.
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A kind of mystery play that re-enacted miraculous interventions by the saints into the lives of ordinary people.
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(obsolete) A believer in miracles.
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(figuratively) An illusion.
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(informal, literature) A genre of supposedly biographical literature mostly concerned with the protagonist's triumph over personal trauma or abuse.
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Unrealistically romantic, exciting, or scenic.
n
An extravagant fiction embodying an account of some marvellous exploit or adventure.
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A person who deliberately or habitually mystifies others.
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Fiction not based on reality; fiction set in a fictional fantasy world that does not exist.
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(dated) Something imaginary; a fantasy.
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A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together.
adj
Expresses qualities of or produced from fantasy.
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A product of the imagination
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(literature) A picaresque novel.
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A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
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(uncountable, fiction) A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.
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Something imaginary or lacking substance.
adj
Of or pertaining to a superhero; reminiscent of a superhero.
n
A television serial with a fantasy theme.
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