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invention collapse: the act of inventing; a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation; the creation of something in the mind

potter collapse: a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln; work lightly; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden"

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"

vision collapse: the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"; a vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death"; a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"

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

phantom collapse: something apparently sensed but having no physical reality; "seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb"

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"

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"

unemployed collapse: not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital"

while away collapse: spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time

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

bubble collapse: a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic; an impracticable and illusory idea; "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble"; a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide); form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"

prank collapse: dress up showily; "He pranked himself out in his best clothes"; dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn"

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