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fantasize

verb
/ˈfæntəˌsaɪz//ˈfæntəˌsaɪz/US

Etymology

From fantasy + -ize.

  1. derived from fantasier
  2. inherited from fantasien
  3. derived from *bʰh₂nyéti✻
  4. derived from φαντασία
  5. derived from phantasia
  6. derived from fantasie
  7. inherited from fantasie
  8. suffixed as fantasize — “fantasy + ize”

Definitions

  1. To indulge in fantasy

    To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.

    • I fantasized about my ideal date.

  2. To portray in the mind, using fantasy.

    • Not that Mom and I didn't have our "shared experiences" — it's just that I'd like to forget most of them. I'd rather fantasize us together in that little cafe.
    • Actress Dana Delany fantasizes about making love with two men.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fantasize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fantasize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at fantasize

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA