phantasma

[ fan-taz-muh ]

noun

, plural phan·tas·ma·ta [fan-, taz, -m, uh, -t, uh].

1. phantasm ( defs 1, 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of phantasma¹

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1590–1600

Example Sentences

The sudden presence of a raven at a bridal banquet could scarcely have been a greater phantasma.

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Phantasma enim est sentiendi actus; neque differt a sensione, aliter quam fieri differt a factum esse.

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The idea or phantasma, as he terms it, is the very perception or actus sentiendi.

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Shakespeare seems to use it ('phantasma') in this passage in the sense of nightmare, which it bears in Italian.

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Her ancient civility is gone, and her glory hath vanished as a phantasma.

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