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power fantasy

power fantasy noun: a story where a character experiences great levels of power, control, or influence, intended as an escapistic vehicle for the audience or author.

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...

Forms of power fantasy

pluralpower fantasies

Questions about power fantasy

What does power fantasy mean?
Power fantasy means a story where a character experiences great levels of power, control, or influence, intended as an escapistic vehicle for the audience or author.
What part of speech is power fantasy?
Power fantasy is a noun.
What is the plural of power fantasy?
The plural of power fantasy is power fantasies.

Words near power fantasy in the dictionary

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

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