telefantasy

noun

Etymology

From tele- + fantasy.

  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. prefixed as telefantasy — “tele + fantasy

Definitions

  1. A television serial with a fantasy theme.

    • Many made-for-TV telefantasies are pilots for potential series; introducing the cast, establishing the premise and setting the stage for future installments are as important as the story itself.
    • To an extent, then, it can be argued that Torchwoods cult status reflects not just its position as a telefantasy' Doctor Who spin-off but also its place as “authored” TV drama, interpretable as part of Russell T. Davies's body of work[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for telefantasy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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