fantastical element

collocation in English

meaningsoffantasticalandelement

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fantastical
adjective
uk
/fænˈtæs.tɪ.kəl/us
/fænˈtæs.tɪ.kəl/
strange and wonderful, like something out of ...
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element
noun
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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(Definition offantasticalandelementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Her works usually have women as their subject, and many of her paintings have afantasticalelementthat still comments on the female condition.
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The players must expect mystery and the supernatural rather than the gore and overt fantastical elements of other horror games.
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By the mid-1960s, sitcom creators began adding more fantastical elements to live action sitcoms in the so-called high concept style.
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It received a mixed reception from critics who were divided over its non-realist, fantastical elements.
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The romances added wholly fictional and fantastical elements to the historical accounts and these were repeated in popular plays and operas.
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The psychologists start to question his story, but not the fantastical elements.
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The combination of realistic cave descriptions and fantastical elements proved immensely appealing, and defined the adventure game genre for decades to come.
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The novel makes use of fantastical elements (in this case, ghosts) situated in a mostly realistic, recognizable setting.
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Sometimes there are just enough fantastical elements to make ambiguous the boundary between what is real and what is purely psychological or supernatural.
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All works contained lyrical, dramatic, and fantastical elements.
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Page noted that, despite trying to be realistic, fantastical elements are allowed; he expressed that the ability to do convey both as incongruous is one technique he particularly enjoyed.
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An article written by the production drama team stated that the director and production team planned to embrace the challenge to make the fantastical elements come alive on stage.
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