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I have more ideas than I know what to do with. I guess I'm a bit of a fantasist and a daydreamer - all sorts of things come to me during the day.
Dasha Zhukova

Meaning of "fantasist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FANTASIST

fantasist  [ˈfæntəsɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FANTASIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fantasist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FANTASIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fantasist

Fantasy (psychology)

Fantasy in a psychological sense is broadly used to cover two different senses, conscious and unconscious. In the unconscious sense, it is sometimes spelled "phantasy".

Definition of fantasist in the English dictionary

The definition of fantasist in the dictionary is a person who indulges in fantasies. Other definition of fantasist is a person who writes musical or literary fantasies.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FANTASIST


assist
əˈsɪst
bassist
ˈbeɪsɪst
blastocyst
ˈblæstəʊˌsɪst
consist
kənˈsɪst
cyst
sɪst
exorcist
ˈɛksɔːsɪst
insist
ɪnˈsɪst
lyricist
ˈlɪrɪsɪst
Marxist
ˈmɑːksɪst
persist
pəˈsɪst
pharmacist
ˈfɑːməsɪst
pharmacognosist
ˌfɑːməˈkɒɡnəsɪst
physicist
ˈfɪzɪsɪst
publicist
ˈpʌblɪsɪst
racist
ˈreɪsɪst
sexist
ˈsɛksɪst
sist
sɪst
Spartacist
ˈspɑːtəsɪst
supremacist
sʊˈprɛməsɪst
teratogenicist
ˌtɛrətəˈdʒɛnəsɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FANTASIST

fantasia
fantasied
fantasies
fantasiser
fantasize
fantasizer
fantasm
fantasmal
fantasmally
fantasmic
fantasmically
fantasque
fantast
fantastic
fantastical
fantasticality
fantastically
fantasticalness
fantasticate
fantastication

WORDS THAT END LIKE FANTASIST

brake assist
classist
coassist
consubsist
contrabassist
desist
epigenesist
geodesist
glossist
hypothesist
narcissist
palingenesist
photoresist
progressist
resist
run-resist
solipsist
speciesist
subsist
synthesist

Synonyms and antonyms of fantasist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fantasist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FANTASIST

Find out the translation of fantasist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fantasist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fantasist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

幻想家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fantasioso
570 millions of speakers

English

fantasist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fantasist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحالم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фантаст
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fantasista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fantasist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fantaisiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fantasiis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Phantast
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

fantasist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

판타지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fantasist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fantasist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கட்டுக்கதைக்காரர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कल्पनारम्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hayalperest
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fantasista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fantasta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фантаст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fantezist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fantasist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fantast
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fantast
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fanta
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fantasist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FANTASIST»

The term «fantasist» is regularly used and occupies the 85.102 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FANTASIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fantasist

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QUOTES WITH «FANTASIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fantasist.
1
Dasha Zhukova
I have more ideas than I know what to do with. I guess I'm a bit of a fantasist and a daydreamer - all sorts of things come to me during the day.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FANTASIST»

Discover the use of fantasist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fantasist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock-star Fantasist
Gig is a warm, vivid, wonderful book about music, poetry, family and... and always... the North.
Simon Armitage, 2008
2
Bernard Kops: Fantasist, London Jew, Apocalyptic Humorist
This is the first book-length study of the work of contemporary writer Bernard Kops.
William Baker, Jeanette Roberts Shumaker, 2013
3
Knowledge and Belief
One possible answer would be that the fantasist induces the experiences and beliefs in himself, while the vat subject does not do so. But why would this difference matter? A second answer is that the fantasist is engaged in self- deception and ...
Frederick F. Schmitt, 2006
4
Eugene Ludins: An American Fantasist
This catalogue accompanies the exhibition of the same title, held at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, presenting a retrospective view of the seventy-year career of Woodstock painter and draftsman Eugene Ludins.
Susana Torruella Leval, 2012
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Witnessing
IN SHAME, Salman Rushdie writes, "As for me: I, too, like all migrants, am a fantasist. I build imaginary countries and try to impose them on the ones that exist . I, too, face the problem of history: what to retain, what to dump, how to hold on to  ...
Ellen Douglas
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Medieval Identity Machines
No wonder Reik found a revolutionary fervor in masochistic passion, for narratives like the Moloch fantasy contain a "heterocosmic impulse," a desire to remake the world.10 Reik and Silverman read the fantasy strictly in terms of the fantasist's ...
Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, 2003
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Truth : A Guide: A Guide
If the issue is whether Blair is a fantasist, the truth lies in Blair being a fantasist or not. We can tell you what truth amounts to, if you first tell us what the issue is. But to do that you must already know enough to be able to say what truth amounts to  ...
Simon Blackburn Professor of Philosophy University of Cambridge, 2005
8
Amateurism in Sport: An Analysis and a Defence
9. Amateur. and. Fantasist. Lincoln Allison was born in West Hartlepool in 1946. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and at University and Nuffield Colleges in Oxford. Since 1969 he has been employed at the University of ...
Lincoln Allison, 2001
9
Grandville's Animals Postcards
12 black-and-white postcards feature a pompous peacock, demure dog, fanciful frog, and other whimsical creatures that satirize human behavior with their comic expressions, poses, and clothing.
Dover, 2011
10
The Crafty Reader
I find it interesting that the Victorian fantasist and the modern surrealist should hit upon the same formula for raising the question of reference and representation. Their differences are also instructive. The fantasist is mainly concerned with how  ...
Robert Scholes, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FANTASIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fantasist is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Weird westerns that cross the genre border
To coin a pretentious but accurate term, Abercrombie is a “post-fantasist”, a writer who grew up immersed in Tolkien, Moorcock and Dungeons ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Mark Field MP: Grexit may solve nothing, and cost Britain dearly
... that Alexis Tsipras, the Greek Prime Miniter, is less the charismatic democrat he would like the world to believe and more a political fantasist. «Conservative Home, Jul 15»
3
10 Overlooked Classics: Biopics
It's a film that skews the literal to create a kind of fantasist's bio, set to both deconstruct the author and cast him into legend. As Mishima ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Paris When It Sizzles
Sidney Blumenthal, Hillary's Doberman and email correspondent, led the sliming of Monica as a fantasist and stalker. Hillary's friends do not ... «UK Progressive Magazine, Jul 15»
5
Times Insider | Can Bernie Sanders Beat Hillary Clinton? Reporter's …
People may be surprised to learn that Mr. Sanders isn't some starry-eyed political fantasist, despite his socialist leanings and visions of moving ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Paris when it sizzles: Maureen Dowd
Sidney Blumenthal, Hillary's Doberman and email correspondent, led the sliming of Monica as a fantasist and stalker. Hillary's friends do not ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
7
The arts diary: Entanglement and That Man Stephen Ward, Parabola …
But if the charge was a farce, Ward was arguably the chief farceur, a fantasist who liked amusing friends, passing on a little tittle-tattle about ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
8
Senate's road plan better, still grievously flawed
The bill would send $350 million to roads the first year of the plan and $700 in subsequent years. Like the fantasist House bill, that $700 million ... «Port Huron Times Herald, Jul 15»
9
Yael Stone on Orange is the New Black: 'I wasn't Sapphic enough to …
Lorna, who has an old-world, West Side Story-view of life in which one man will be the hero who sweeps her away, turns out to be a fantasist. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Maureen Dowd: Ruckuses on the Riviera
Sidney Blumenthal, Hillary's Doberman and email correspondent, led the sliming of Monica as a fantasist and stalker. Hillary's friends do not ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Fantasist [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fantasist>. Apr 2024 ».
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