Nearby words
fantail goldfish, fantasia, fantasied, fantasist, fantasize, fantasm, fantasmagoria, fantast, fantastic, fantastically, fantasticate
Definition for fantasm (2 of 2)
phantasm
or fan·tasm
[ fan-taz-uhm ]
/ ˈfæn tæz əm /
noun
an apparition or specter.
a creation of the imagination or fancy; fantasy.
a mental image or representation of a real object.
an illusory likeness of something.
Origin of phantasm
1175–1225; < Latin phantasma < Greek phántasma image, vision (akin to phantázein to bring before the mind); replacing Middle English fantesme < Old French < Latin as above
SYNONYMS FOR phantasm
Synonym study
1. See apparition.
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Examples from the Web for fantasm
Later still, they found a little water poured in a basin or held in the hollow of the hand showed as true a fantasm.
The Thing from the Lake|Eleanor M. IngramThen I was right in calling you a dreamer, for love itself is a fantasm inspired by hope or memory.
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British Dictionary definitions for fantasm (1 of 2)
Derived Formsfantasmal or fantasmic, adjectivefantasmally or fantasmically, adverb
British Dictionary definitions for fantasm (2 of 2)
phantasm
/ (ˈfæntæzəm) /
noun
a phantom
an illusory perception of an object, person, etc
(in the philosophy of Plato) objective reality as distorted by perception
Derived Formsphantasmal or phantasmic, adjectivephantasmally or phantasmically, adverb
Word Origin for phantasm
C13: from Old French fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Greek; related to Greek phantazein to cause to be seen, from phainein to show
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Medicine definitions for fantasm
phantasm
[ făn′tăz′əm ]
n.
Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; an apparition.
An illusory mental image.
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