fantasist en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía)bor. Latin phantasia Old French fantasiebor. Middle English fantasie English fantas(y) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English fantasist From fantas(y) + -ist.
Meanings
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One who creates fantasies.
2008 Oct 31 James Bond fantasist jailed by James Sturcke and agencies in The Guardian.co.uk A fantasist was beginning a two-year stint behind bars today for conning police into thinking he was a James Bond-style secret agent.
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One living in a fantasy world.
I resurrect this piece as antidote, I hope, to the gripping lies of a cinematic fantasist who suffers delusions of reality.
1992 February 2, Mitzel, “Clay Shaw, The Quean Network & That Kennedy Killing”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 6:
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A writer who writes in the fantasy style.
"Like the other fantasists dealt with in this volume, Rossetti used fantasy to subvert and undermine traditionalist notions, in this instance notions of male power and female submissiveness."
1991, Kath Filmer, Kath Filmer-Davies, The Victorian Fantasists: Essays on Culture, Society and Belief in the Mythopoeic Fiction of the Victorian Age:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| phantasist | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| fantasists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (28)
pl fantastka (fantasy writer) · fi fantasiakirjailija (fantasy writer) · fi mielikuvitusmaailmassa elävä (one living in a fantasy world) · de Fantastin (one living in a fantasy world) · ru фанта́ст (fantasy writer) · ru фантазёр (one living in a fantasy world) · pl fantasta (one who creates fantasies) · pl fantastka (one who creates fantasies) · pl fantasta (fantasy writer) · fi fantasiataiteilija (one who creates fantasies) · pl fantastka (one living in a fantasy world) · mk фантазер (one living in a fantasy world) · mk фантаст (fantasy writer) · de Fantastin (one who creates fantasies) · ru фанта́стка (fantasy writer) · pl fantasta (one living in a fantasy world) · de Fantast (one who creates fantasies) · de Fantasy-Autorin (fantasy writer) · de Phantast (one who creates fantasies) · mk фантазерка (one living in a fantasy world) · ru фантазёрка (one living in a fantasy world) · de Phantast (one living in a fantasy world) · ca fantasista (one who creates fantasies) · mk фантастка (fantasy writer) · de Phantastin (one who creates fantasies) · de Fantast (one living in a fantasy world) · de Fantasy-Autor (fantasy writer) · de Phantastin (one living in a fantasy world)