phantasy

noun

1. (alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable)Archaic spelling of fantasy.

   “What generous self-sacrifice—what a world of gentle affection, were now called forth in Emily by a moment's phantasy, whose life depended on that frailest of frail things, a coquette's vanity!”

   “Yet his passion for her had grown fiercer than ever, and he swore to himself that he would win her back from her phantasies.”

   “[…] what man has hitherto known only in febrile phantasy and tenuous legend?”

2. (countable, uncountable)The innate, mental image of an object; the link between instinct and reality.

   “By later Kleinians and critics alike, phantasy is often seen as identical to Freud's concept of psychic reality.”

   “However, Klein's phantasy is not exactly Lacan's imaginary fantasy; it is, I think, more than that.”

verb

1. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of fantasy.