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.

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

SYNONYMS FOR phantasm

1 ghost, vision.

4 hallucination, illusion.

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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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Example sentences from the Web for phantasm

What is Mr Carlyle himself but a Phantasm of the species which he is pleased to denounce?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 67, No. 416, June 1850|Various
He must, at any cost, escape the ignominy that loomed before him like the phantasm of a dreadful dream.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life|Honore de Balzac
In other words, the mother projected a phantasm of her dead daughter to the mind of her son.
Occultism and Common-Sense|Beckles Willson
At times faith grows faint, and I think it all a delusion—a phantasm—a dream.
Nuggets of the New Thought|William Walker Atkinson,

Why in this case should we call the reality sleep, and the phantasm waking?
Death--and After?|Annie Besant

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, 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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Medical definitions for phantasm

phantasm

[ făn′tăz′əm ]

n.

Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; an apparition.

An illusory mental image.

单词	phantasm
释义	phantasm [ fan-taz-uhm ] / ˈfæn tæz əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR phantasm ON THESAURUS.COM 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. 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 SYNONYMS FOR phantasm 1 ghost, vision. 4 hallucination, illusion. SEE SYNONYMS FOR phantasm ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for phantasm 1. See apparition. Words nearby phantasm Phanerozoic, phano, phanotron, phantasia, phantasize, phantasm, phantasma, phantasmagoria, phantasmagoric, phantasmagory, phantasmal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for phantasm What is Mr Carlyle himself but a Phantasm of the species which he is pleased to denounce? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 67, No. 416, June 1850\|Various He must, at any cost, escape the ignominy that loomed before him like the phantasm of a dreadful dream. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life\|Honore de Balzac In other words, the mother projected a phantasm of her dead daughter to the mind of her son. Occultism and Common-Sense\|Beckles Willson At times faith grows faint, and I think it all a delusion—a phantasm—a dream. Nuggets of the New Thought\|William Walker Atkinson, Why in this case should we call the reality sleep, and the phantasm waking? Death--and After?\|Annie Besant 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, 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to phantasm apparition, image, mirage, fancy, spirit, fantasy, shade, nightmare, shadow, vapor, dream, specter, vision, eidolon 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 Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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phantasm

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