φαντασία — meaning in English
fadasia
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English meaning
- fantasia noun A free-form musical piece that doesn't follow strict structure, often blending familiar melodies.
- fantasy noun An imagined scenario, especially a pleasant or unrealistic one.
- imagination noun The mental ability to form new ideas, images, or concepts not currently perceived by the senses.
Senses
φαντασία is used for these senses in English:
- fantasia (music, also, figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces. [from early 18th c.]
- fantasy (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.
- imagination The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
- imagination A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.
fantasia — full definition
- noun A free-form musical piece that doesn't follow strict structure, often blending familiar melodies.
- noun Any imaginative work that mixes styles or ignores conventional structure.
fantasy — full definition
- noun An imagined scenario, especially a pleasant or unrealistic one.
- noun A genre of fiction featuring magic, imaginary worlds, and supernatural creatures.
- verb To imagine something, usually something desired.