fantasy

–noun

1.

imagination, esp. when extravagant and unrestrained.

2.

the forming of mental images, esp. wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing.

3.

a mental image, esp. when unreal or fantastic; vision: a nightmare fantasy.

4.

Psychology. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream.

5.

a hallucination.

6.

a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion: dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies.

7.

caprice; whim.

8.

an ingenious or fanciful thought, design, or invention.

9.

Also, fantasia. Literature. an imaginative or fanciful work, esp. one dealing with supernatural or unnatural events or characters: The stories of Poe are fantasies of horror.

10.

Music. fantasia (def. 1).