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phan·tasm  (fntzm)
n.
1. Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition. Also called phantasma.
2. An illusory mental image. Also called phantasma.
3. In Platonic philosophy, objective reality as perceived and distorted by the five senses.

[Middle English fantasme, from Old French, from Latin phantasma, from Greek, from phantazein, to make visible, from phantos, visible, from phainein, to show; see bh-1 in Indo-European roots.]

phan·tasmal (fn-tzml), phan·tasmic (-tzmk) adj.

phantasm [ˈfæntæzəm]
n
1. a phantom
2. an illusory perception of an object, person, etc.
3. (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of Plato) objective reality as distorted by perception
[from Old French fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Greek; related to Greek phantazein to cause to be seen, from phainein to show]
phantasmal , phantasmic adj
phantasmally , phantasmically adv

phantasm
a vision or other perception of something that has no physical or objective reality, as a ghost or other supernatural apparition. Also phantasma. See also images; philosophy.
See also: Perception
a vision or other perception of something that has no physical or objective reality, especially in the sense of a ghost or other supernatural apparition. Also phantasma. See also images; philosophy.
See also: Ghosts
the mental image or representation of a real person or thing. See also ghosts; perception.
See also: Images, Philosophy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.phantasm - a ghostly appearing figurephantasm - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
Flying Dutchman - the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
2.phantasm - something existing in perception onlyphantasm - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
flying saucer, UFO, unidentified flying object - an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
Flying Dutchman - a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
ghost, specter, wraith, spectre, spook, shade - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
illusion, semblance - an erroneous mental representation
Translations
phantasm [ˈfæntæzəm] Nfantasma m
phantasm, phantasma
n pl <phantasmata> → Phantasma nt


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A personal, human feeling for a brief moment got the better of the artificial phantasm of life he had served so long.
Hereafter, perhaps, some intellect may be found which will reduce my phantasm to the common-place - some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than my own, which will perceive, in the circumstances I detail with awe, nothing more than an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects.
I seemed to see a ghostly, indistinct figure sitting in a whirling mass of black and brass for a moment--a figure so transparent that the bench behind with its sheets of drawings was absolutely distinct; but this phantasm vanished as I rubbed my eyes.
 
 
 
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