phantasm

or fan·tasm

[ fan-taz-uhm ]
/ ˈfæn tæz əm /

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.

Origin of phantasm

1175–1225; < Latin phantasma < Greek phántasma image, vision (akin to phantázein to bring before the mind); replacing Middle English fantesme < Old French < Latin as above

synonym study for phantasm

1. See apparition.

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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, adjective phantasmally 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

Medical definitions for phantasm

phantasm
[ făntăz′əm ]

n.

Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; an apparition.
An illusory mental image.