fantasist
Americannoun
noun
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a person who indulges in fantasies
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a person who writes musical or literary fantasies
Etymology
Origin of fantasist
Example Sentences
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Jason Arday’s academic rise and fall set off a debate about whether he was a fantasist and plagiarist or victim of a racial witch hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Arday has admitted to mistakes, but said he was being wrongly "portrayed to be a liar and a fantasist and an academic fraud."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Anyone suggesting such a scene a year ago would have been described as a fantasist or a purveyor of bad fiction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
During his trial, it was heard that he created the "CV of a fantasist" - claiming he was a multi-millionaire, a former bomb disposal expert and an inventor.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
I wonder what it would take for them to see me as anything other than a fantasist.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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