Fantasy (psychology)
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:''See [[fantasy]] for an account of the literary genre involving the development of common or popular fantasies.''
A '''fantasy''' is a situation [[imagination|imagined]] by an individual or group, which does not correspond with [[reality]] but expresses certain desires or aims of its creator. Fantasies typically involve situations which are [[impossible]] (such as the existence of magic powers) or highly unlikely. Fantasies can also be [[sexual fantasy|sexual]] in nature.
==Psychoanalysis==
In the theory of [[psychoanalysis]], fantasy is used to describe unconscious desires, fears, drives etc. [[Sigmund Freud]] used the German word 'Phantasie', which could be translated as 'fantasy', but the meaning is clearly not the same as the everyday meaning and is usually printed as 'phantasy'. This should be strongly contrasted with [[delusion]].
==Literary references==
An adult who constantly seems to be living in a fantasy world may be considered a [[Walter Mitty]] character.
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