Phantasm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition. Also called phantasma.
  • n. An illusory mental image. Also called phantasma.
  • n. In Platonic philosophy, objective reality as perceived and distorted by the five senses.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.
  • n. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An apparition; a specter; a vision; an illusion or hallucination.
  • n. An idea; a fancy; a fantastic notion.
  • n. Specifically, in recent use, a phantom or apparition; the imagined appearance of a person, whether living or dead, in a place where his body is not at the same time.
  • n. Synonyms Phantom, Apparition, etc. See ghost.
  • n. In psychology: A memory-image.
  • n. An image of imagination.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a ghostly appearing figure
  • n. something existing in perception only
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    phantom    dream    fancy    notion    apparition    ghost   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    chasm    spasm   
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