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单词 fantasist
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fantasist

[ fan-tuh-sist, -zist; fan-tey-zhist ]
/ ˈfæn tə sɪst, -zɪst; fænˈteɪ ʒɪst /

noun

a person who writes or composes fantasies or fantasias in music, poetry, or the like.

Origin of fantasist

First recorded in 1920–25; fantas(y) + -ist

Words nearby fantasist

fantail darter, fantail goldfish, fan-tan, fantasia, fantasied, fantasist, fantasize, fantasm, fantasmagoria, fantast, fantastic
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Example sentences from the Web for fantasist

  • The prime minister is a hybrid: regional hawk, Zionist statist, techno-globalist, neo-conservative, and Greater Israel fantasist.

    Understanding John Kerry's Logic|Bernard Avishai|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • Pessimist: I thought you said you were an optimist - not a fantasist.

    Post-Convention Hangover: America Isn't Working|David Frum|September 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • What sort of fool or fantasist would ever suggest that “Republicans need a centrist candidate in 2012”?

    A GOP Presidential Candidate Must Seize the Center to Win|Michael Medved|December 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
  • He had learned early that he was not, and never would be, the fantasist that some of his earlier canvases indicate.

    Adventures in the Arts|Marsden Hartley

British Dictionary definitions for fantasist

fantasist
/ (ˈfæntəsɪst) /

noun

a person who indulges in fantasies
a person who writes musical or literary fantasies
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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