Phantasm meaning

făntăzəm

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

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An illusory mental image.

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

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

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A deceptive likeness.

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A mental impression of a real person or thing.

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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 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 Ï†Î¬Î½Ï„Î±ÏƒÎ¼Î± (phantasma, “phantasm"), from Ï†Î±Î½Ï„Î¬Î¶Ï‰ (phantazÅ, “I make visible").

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