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
SYNONYMS FOR phantasm
synonym study for phantasm
1. See
apparition.
Words nearby phantasm
phanerozoic,
phano,
phanotron,
phantasia,
phantasize,
phantasm,
phantasma,
phantasmagoria,
phantasmagoric,
phantasmagory,
phantasmal
Example sentences from the Web for phantasm
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, adverbWord 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
[ făn′tăz′əm ]
n.
Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; an apparition.
An illusory mental image.