nonfantastic

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adjective

Not having the nature of fantasy.

OriginEnglish fantastic ← Middle French fantastique ← Late Latin phantasticus →
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Meanings

adjectivenonfantastic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot having the nature of fantasy.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  16. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  17. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  18. Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
  19. Ancient Greekφανταστικός (phantastikós)
  20. Late Latinphantasticus
  21. Middle Frenchfantastique
  22. Englishfantastic
  23. Englishnonfantastic

From non- + fantastic.

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APA

nonfantastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfantastic

MLA

“nonfantastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfantastic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonfantastic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfantastic.

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