phantasy
phantasy noun: the innate, mental image of an object; the link between instinct and reality. Also the archaic spelling of fantasy.
Noun
phantasy (countable and uncountable, plural phantasies)
- 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
- However, Klein's phantasy is not exactly Lacan's imaginary fantasy; it is, I think, more than that.2013, Lene Austed, quoting Jonathan Davidoff, “Introducing Psychoanalysis and Politics”, in Nationalism and the Body Politic, →ISBN, page 262
Also used as
phantasy is also the archaic spelling of fantasy.
Forms of phantasy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | phantasies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | phantasies |
| present participle | phantasying |
| past participle | phantasied |
| past | phantasied |
Questions about phantasy
- What does phantasy mean?
- Phantasy means the innate, mental image of an object; the link between instinct and reality.
- What part of speech is phantasy?
- Phantasy is a noun.
- What is the plural of phantasy?
- The plural of phantasy is phantasies.
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