What does "fantasticism" mean?

The quality of being fantastical

What is a synonym for "fantasticism"?

Common synonyms include: conceit, fancy, fantasy, flight of fancy, whimsicality.

Fantasticism

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Noun

1
The quality of being fantastical countable, uncountable
"[…] not only does the introduction of these imaginary beings permit greater fantasticism of incident , but also infinite fantasticism of treatment[…]"

Synonyms

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conceit fancy fantasy flight of fancy whimsicality

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"[…] not only does the introduction of these imaginary beings permit greater fantasticism of incident , but also infinite fantasticism of treatment[…]"

Etymology

From fantastic + -ism.

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