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• Fantasy film — Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres… …   Wikipedia

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• Fantasy — is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting. Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre… …   Wikipedia

• Fantasy subgenres — The fantasy genre has spawned many new subgenres with no clear counterparts in the myths or folklore upon which the tradition of fantasy storytelling is based, although inspiration from mythology and folklore remains a consistent theme. Since the …   Wikipedia

• Fantasy world — A fantasy world is a type of imaginary world, part of a fictional universe used in fantasy novels and games. Typical worlds involve magic or magical abilities [Brian Attebery, The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature , p 166 7, ISBN 0 253… …   Wikipedia

• fantasy — I. noun also phantasy (plural sies) Etymology: Middle English fantasie more at fancy Date: 14th century 1. obsolete hallucination 2. fancy; especially the free play of creative imagination 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fantasy — /ˈfæntəsi / (say fantuhsee), / zi/ (say zee) noun (plural fantasies) 1. imagination, especially when unrestrained. 2. the forming of grotesque mental images. 3. a mental image, especially when grotesque. 4. Psychology an imaginative sequence… …  

• fantasy — [fant′ə sē, fant′əzē] n. pl. fantasies [ME fantasie < OFr < L phantasia, idea, notion < Gr, appearance of a thing < phainein, to show, appear < IE base * bhā , to gleam, shine > OE bonian, to ornament] 1. imagination or fancy;… …   English World dictionary

• fantasy — ► NOUN (pl. fantasies) 1) the imagining of improbable or impossible things. 2) an idea with no basis in reality. 3) a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure. ORIGIN Greek phantasia imagination, appearance , from phantazein… …   English terms dictionary

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