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power fantasies

power fantasies is the plural of power fantasy.

Meaning of power fantasy

Noun

power fantasy (plural power fantasies)

  1. A story where a character experiences great levels of power, control, or influence, intended as an escapistic vehicle for the audience or author.
    • Indeed, when I was 12 or 13 years old and was first discovering the female power fantasies written by Tamora Pierce, I distinctly remembering thinking her headstrong and sexpositive female lead Alanna was arrogant and uncomfortably promiscuous. (The character had a total of three sexual partners in...2015, Magda Erik-Soussi, “The Western Sailor Moon Generation: North American Women and Feminine-Friendly Global Manga” (chapter 1), in Casey Brienza, editor, Global Manga: "Japanese" Comics without...

Questions about power fantasies

What is power fantasies the plural of?
Power fantasies is the plural of power fantasy.

Words near power fantasies in the dictionary

  1. power excursions
  2. power factor
  3. power factors
  4. power failure
  5. power failures
  6. power fantasies
  7. power fantasy
  8. power feminism
  9. Power Five
  10. power forward
  11. power forwards

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