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phantasmagoria
noun
- an early type of magic-lantern show consisting of various optical illusions in which objects rapidly change size, blend into one another, etc.
- a rapidly changing series of things seen or imagined, as the figures or events of a dream
- any rapidly changing scene
Also phantasmagory
Related Forms:
- phantasmagorial adjective or phantasmagoric or phantasmagorical
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