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phantasm
[ fan-taz-uhm ]
/ ËfĂŠn tĂŠz Ém /
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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.
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Origin of phantasm
First recorded in 1175â1225; from Latin phantasma, from Greek phĂĄntasma âimage, visionâ (akin to phantĂĄzein âto bring before the mindâ); replacing Middle English fantesme, from Old French, from Latin as above
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1. See apparition.
Words nearby phantasm
phanerophyte, Phanerozoic, phano, phanotron, phantasize, phantasm, phantasma, phantasmagoria, phantasmagoric, phantasmagory, phantasmal
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British Dictionary definitions for phantasm
phantasm
/ (ËfĂŠntĂŠzÉm) /
noun
a phantom
an illusory perception of an object, person, etc
(in the philosophy of Plato) objective reality as distorted by perception
Derived forms of phantasm
phantasmal or phantasmic, adjectivephantasmally or phantasmically, adverbWord 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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