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figment collapse: a contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination"

imagination collapse: the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"; the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

ash collapse: any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus; strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats; the residue that remains when something is burned; convert into ashes

baroque collapse: elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century; having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells

fantasy collapse: imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"; fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"; indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"

rococo collapse: fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century; having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror"

conceit collapse: the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; an artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"; a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"; an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

chimera collapse: a grotesque product of the imagination; (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

impracticality collapse: concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

bizarre collapse: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

notional collapse: not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"

maggot collapse: the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter

vagary collapse: an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"

Gothic collapse: a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches; a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries; extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas; characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"; of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations"; of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation"; characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

idealization collapse: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"; something that exists only as an idea; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

fanciful collapse: indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"; having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"; not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself"

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

fad collapse: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"

romanticism collapse: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes; an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure); a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

infatuation collapse: an object of extravagant short-lived passion; foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration

myth collapse: a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

delirium collapse: a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations

apparition collapse: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"; something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"; the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"; a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

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