fantasy

mental faculty of drawing imagination and desire in the human brain
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fantasy

Summary

fantasy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (827 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • fantasy is a type of psychological phenomenon[2].
  • fantasy is a type of imagination[3].
  • fantasy is used for escapism[4].
  • fantasy is used for defence mechanism[5].
  • fantasy comprises hallucination[6].
  • fantasy comprises delusion[7].
  • fantasy's facet of is recorded as imagination[8].
  • fantasy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • fantasy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • fantasy's manifestation of is recorded as hypothetical thinking[11].
  • fantasy's different from is recorded as imagination[12].
  • fantasy's uses is recorded as imagination[13].
  • fantasy's uses is recorded as imagination[14].
  • fantasy's uses is recorded as memory[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include psychological phenomenon[2] and imagination[3].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include escapism[4] and defence mechanism[5]. Components include hallucination[6], a symptom or sign[16] and delusion[7], a psychopathological symptom[17].

Influence

Things named for fantasy include Fanta[18], a brand[19], founded in 1940[20] and Pink Fantasy[21], a girl group[22], founded in 2018[23].

Why It Matters

fantasy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (827 views/month).[1] fantasy has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] fantasy is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for fantasy include Fanta[18], a brand[19], founded in 1940[20] and Pink Fantasy[21], a girl group[22], founded in 2018[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses
    Has part(s) hallucination, delusion
    Uses imagination, imagination, memory
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