Phantasm Definition

făntăzəm

phantasms

noun

phantasms

A perception of something that has no physical reality; figment of the mind; esp., a specter, or ghost.

Webster's New World

A deceptive likeness.

Webster's New World

A mental impression of a real person or thing.

Webster's New World

In Platonic philosophy, objective reality as perceived and distorted by the five senses.

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Other Word Forms of Phantasm

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phantasm

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phantasms

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

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; Late Latin also appearance, image"), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phantasma, “phantasm"), from φαντάζω (phantazō, “I make visible").

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