Fantasy and Ideal

Fantasy

Fantasy noun - A conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality.

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Ideal and fantasy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ideal" instead the word "Fantasy" as an adjective or a noun.

Ideal noun - Someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation.

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Fantasy and ideal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fantasy" instead the word "Ideal" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: idea, idealistic, ideally, idealize, idealise

female	female fantasy	female ideal
similar	similar fantasy	similar ideal
perfect	perfect fantasy	perfect ideal
standard	standard fantasy	standard ideal
Other adjectives: original, romantic, actual, real, childish, beautiful, new, heroic, traditional, classic, modern.

Appeal to a pastoral ideal: Much genre fantasy, of all genres, appeals to the pastoral ideal, one reason for the pseudo-medieval settings.

Source: Fantasy
Dire Animals have become a staple of fantasy works, often serving as early game enemies (with Dire Rats ideal for a Rat Stomp).

Source: Dire Beast
Point Counter Point features Elinor's mother, Mrs Bidlake, who has retreated so far into her ideal world of art and fantasy that she refuses to acknowledge 95% or what goes on around her.

Source: Hands-Off Parenting

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