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phantasying

phantasying is the present participle and gerund 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 phantasying

What is phantasying the present participle and gerund of?
Phantasying is the present participle and gerund of phantasy.

Words near phantasying in the dictionary

  1. phantastique
  2. phantastron
  3. phantastrons
  4. phantasts
  5. phantasy
  6. phantasying
  7. phantogram
  8. phantograms
  9. phantom
  10. phantom abandoned call
  11. phantom abandoned calls

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