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fan·ta·sia \fan.ˈtā]zhə, faan- also ]z(h)ēə sometimes fän- or fȧn- or fən- or -tä] or -tȧ] or -ta(i)]; ˌfantəˈzēə, ˌfaan-, ˌfän-, ˌfȧn-, -teˈsēə\ noun also fan·ta·sie \|fäntə|zē, |fan-, |faan-, |fȧn- or like fantasy\ (-s) Etymology: Italian fantasia, literally, fancy, from Late Latin phantasia imagination, from Latin, mental image — more at fancy 1. a. : an instrumental composition of the 16th and 17th centuries written in contrapuntal style and akin to the motet b. : a free instrumental composition not in strict form (as the development section of sonata form) c. : free fantasia d. : a composition based generally on one theme < fantasia on spring > e. : a potpourri of operatic arias or familiar airs < fantasia on Christmas carols — Ralph Vaughan Williams > 2. : a work (as a poem or play) in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form or verisimilitude 3. : something strange or foreign by reason of grotesque, bizarre, or seemingly unreal qualities < psychologists like to dismiss myths as mere fantasia — Robert Graves > < the jungle's boggy fantasia — Time > 4. : an Arab performance featuring dancing and often evolutions on horseback, gun firing, and shouting all in a rapid rhythm |