ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fantastique

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /fæntæsˈtɪk/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Fantastique is a noun meaning Belonging or relating to this genre.

Meaning

Belonging or relating to this genre.

More Meanings

  1. (film, literature) A genre of literature and film that is characterized by the intrusion of the supernatural into the realistic framework of a story.

Example Sentences

And certainly the film's free-floating fantasy and the blatant transparency of its narrative--its capacity to be seen for the artifice that it is--are a lot closer to fantastique than they are to the more logically circumscribed forms of fancy celebrated in this country.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include symphonic, ague, fantasy, fantastika, transrealism, paranatural.

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