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phantasy

noun phantasies

  1. archaic, countable, uncountable Archaic spelling of fantasy What generous self-sacrifice—what a world of gentle affection, were now called forth in Emily by a moment's phantasy, whose life depended on that frailest of frail things, a coquette's vanity!
  2. countable, uncountable The innate, mental image of an object; the link between instinct and reality. By later Kleinians and critics alike, phantasy is often seen as identical to Freud's concept of psychic reality.

verb phantasies · phantasying · phantasied

  1. archaic Archaic spelling of fantasy

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@misc{phantasy_2026,
  title = {phantasy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phantasy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}