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phantasies

phantasies is the plural of phantasy.

phantasies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phantasy.

Meaning of phantasy

Noun

phantasy (countable and uncountable, plural phantasies)

  1. The innate, mental image of an object; the link between instinct and reality.
    • By later Kleinians and critics alike, phantasy is often seen as identical to Freud's concept of psychic reality.1987, Juliet Mitchell, “Introduction”, in Selected Melanie Klein, →ISBN, page 22

Questions about phantasies

What is phantasies the plural of?
Phantasies is the plural of phantasy.

Words near phantasies in the dictionary

  1. phantasiast
  2. phantasiastic
  3. phantasiasts
  4. phantasie
  5. phantasied
  6. phantasies
  7. phantasim
  8. phantasims
  9. phantasise
  10. phantasised
  11. phantasises

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