phantasy
Mind's invented world
Phantasy is an older or chiefly British spelling of fantasy.
It appears occasionally in psychoanalytic writing, where Freudian translators used phantasy for unconscious mental processes, distinguishing them from conscious daydreams (fantasy).
Outside technical contexts, the spelling feels archaic or affected: The child lived in a world of phantasy.
Abstracted, pleasant daydream
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- visionAbility to see
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
subconscious · lucid · trance · nocturnal · prophetic · sleep · REM · somnolent
Atmospheric optical deception
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- chimeraUnrealistic fantasy or hybrid
specter · figment · optical illusion · misperception · wraith · eidolon · will-o'-the-wisp · phantasm
Subject to sudden changes
- quirkyIdiosyncratically unusual
- fancifulImaginatively unrealistic
- playfulInclined toward fun
- frolicsomeInclined to merriment
sprite · elfin · surreal · impish · fairy · pixie · enchanted · magical
Forming mental or graphical images
- imaginingForming mental pictures
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- fictionalizationRendering as invented narrative
- world-buildingCreating fictional universes
storytelling · mythmaking · phantasmagoria · escapism · fancy · invention · conjuring · envisioning
Of unconscious-mind theory
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
projection · sublimation · defense mechanism · ego · id · superego · introjection · splitting
reverie
Abstracted, pleasant daydream
nightmare · subconscious · lucid · trance · nocturnal · prophetic · sleep · REM · somnolent · dreamscape
mirage
Atmospheric optical deception
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
chimera · specter · figment · optical illusion · misperception · wraith · eidolon · will-o'-the-wisp · phantasm · unreality
capricious
Subject to sudden changes
frolicsome · sprite · elfin · surreal · impish · fairy · pixie · enchanted · magical · otherworldly
visualization
Forming mental or graphical images
- imaginingForming mental pictures
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- fictionalizationRendering as invented narrative
world-building · storytelling · mythmaking · phantasmagoria · escapism · fancy · invention · conjuring · envisioning · ideation
Freudian
Of unconscious-mind theory
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- libidoInnate erotic drive
neurosis · projection · sublimation · defense mechanism · ego · id · superego · introjection · splitting
phantasyreality
What actually exists
actuality · fact · truth · real world · existence
phantasyfact
Verifiable piece of information
certainty · knowledge · evidence · proof · documentation
phantasypragmatism
Practical problem-solving philosophy
practicality · realism · groundedness · reason · rationality
phase, fantastic, fantasy, epiphany, phantom, phenomenon, diaphanous, fantastical, fantasies