fantasist

noun

fan·​ta·​sist ˈfan-tə-sist How to pronounce fantasist (audio)
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: one who creates fantasias or fantasies

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Gaiman is a British fantasist and author of nearly 50 books, including American Gods, Coraline and Good Omens. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 Production designer Richard Sylbert and his sister-in-law, Anthea Sylbert, who died in June, were not fantasists but researchers and psychologists, exacting in their selection of design elements. airmail.news, 20 July 2024 French fantasist Michel Gondry (The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep). Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024 The Phantom and Norma are both attention-hungry spiders in glittering lairs; both are fantasists whose faces, either twisted or simply aging, become their obsessive focus. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fantasist 

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fantasist was in 1896

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“Fantasist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fantasist. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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