phantasm
[ fan-taz-uhm ]
/ ˈfæn tæz əm /
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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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Sometimes fan·tasm
Origin of phantasm
First recorded in 1175–1225; from Latin phantasma, from Greek phántasma “image, vision” (akin to phantázein “to bring before the mind”); replacing Middle English fantesme, from Old French, from Latin as above
synonym study for phantasm
1. See apparition.
Words nearby phantasm
Phanerozoic, phano, phanotron, phantasia, phantasize, phantasm, phantasma, phantasmagoria, phantasmagoric, phantasmagory, phantasmal
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British Dictionary definitions for phantasm
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 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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Medical definitions for phantasm
phantasm
[ făn′tăz′əm ]
n.
Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; an apparition.
An illusory mental image.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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