phantasm

phan·tasm

a perception of something that has no physical reality; figment of the mind; esp., a specter, or ghost
also phan·tas′ma
noun
pl. -·mata or -·mas
a deceptive likeness
Philos. a mental impression of a real person or thing

Origin of phantasm

Middle English fantasme from Old French from Classical Latin phantasma from Classical Greek from phantazein, to show from stem of phainein, to appear: see fantasy

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phantasm

noun

Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition. Also called phantasma .
An illusory mental image. Also called phantasma .
In Platonic philosophy, objective reality as perceived and distorted by the five senses.

Origin of phantasm

Middle English fantasme from Old French from Latin phantasma from Greek from phantazein to make visible from phantos visible from phainein to show ; see bhā-¹ in Indo-European roots.

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phan·tas′mal phan·tas′mic
adjective

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Noun

(plural phantasms)

something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.

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Origin

From Old French fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; Late Latin also appearance, image"), from Ancient Greek Ï†Î¬Î½Ï„Î±ÏƒÎ¼Î± (phantasma, “phantasm"), from Ï†Î±Î½Ï„Î¬Î¶Ï‰ (phantazÅ, “I make visible").

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