fantasizing
present participle offantasize
fantasize
verb[IorT]
(UKusuallyfantasise)uk/ˈfæn.tə.saɪz/us/ˈfæn.tə.saɪz/tothinkabout something verypleasantthat isunlikelytohappen:
He fantasizedaboutwinningtheNobelPrize.
[+ that]As achild, Emma fantasizedthatshe would do somethingheroic.
Dreaming
- be hearing/imagining/seeing thingsidiom
- be miles awayidiom
- daydream
- daydreamer
- daydreaming
- dream
- dreamless
- dreamscape
- fantasist
- fantasize
- hallucinate
- imagination
- in a dreamidiom
- mile
- nightmare
- oneiric
- optical illusion
- phantasmagorical
- redream
- reverie
Examplesoffantasizing
fantasizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In this model, which postulates an independentfantasizingactivity taking place in the dream, the dream loses its autobiographical connection.
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The fictionalizing, imaginary, and evenfantasizingelements of such stories are pivotal in the process of knowing and intimating the other.
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It is of course possible to possess beliefs as a result offantasizingand wishful thinking, or to come to possess them as the result of brainwashing.
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It is worth emphasizing that children are not always behaving but also spend a great deal of timefantasizing, planning, and elaborating the events of the day.
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He also stoppedfantasizingand started to see himself as just an ordinary human being.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Fantasy proneness involvesfantasizingfor a duration of time, reporting hallucinatory intensities as real, reporting vivid childhood memories, having intense religious and paranormal experiences.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mazie becomes dreamy and detached,fantasizingabout the farm as an escape from the horrors of the city.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This can also take the form offantasizing, or creating an opposing positive to counteract a negative affect.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is oftenfantasizingand imagining nearly impossible situations, and telling little white lies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such fantasy prone personalities include traits such as frequentfantasizing, hypnotizability, and the capacity for vivid hallucinations and even out-of-body experiences.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Throughfantasizingabout the object of its wishes the child will find comfort.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She contemplates resigning as coach upon learning that several students have beenfantasizingabout her in order to curb their arousal while making out.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.High arousal states are associated with conscious states that have specific content, seeing, hearing, remembering, planning orfantasizingabout something.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He expects it to be as lonely as the rest of the summer, only watching television, playing with his pet hamster andfantasizingabout his female classmates.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The song's lyrics describe a woman who is in love with a man, and how every time she sees him she startsfantasizingabout an impossible relationship with him.
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