phantasmagoria

phan·tas·ma·go·ri·a  (fn-tzm-gôr-, -gr-) also phan·tas·ma·go·ry (fn-tzm-gôr, -gr)

n. pl. phan·tas·ma·go·ri·as also phan·tas·ma·go·ries

1.

a. A fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever.

b. A constantly changing scene composed of numerous elements.

2. Fantastic imagery as represented in art.

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[Alteration of obsolete French phantasmagorie, art of creating supernatural illusions : perhaps fantasme, illusion (from Old French; see phantasm) + allégorie, allegory, allegorical visual representation (from Old French, allegory, from Latin allgoria; see allegory).]

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phan·tasma·goric (-gôrk, -gr-) adj.

phan·tasma·gori·cal·ly adv.

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phantasmagoria [ˌfæntæzməˈgɔːrɪə], phantasmagory [fænˈtæzməgərɪ]

n

1. Psychol a shifting medley of real or imagined figures, as in a dream

2. (Performing Arts) Films a sequence of pictures made to vary in size rapidly while remaining in focus

3. Rare a shifting scene composed of different elements

[probably from French fantasmagorie production of phantasms, from phantasm + -agorie, perhaps from Greek ageirein to gather together]

phantasmagoric  [ˌfæntæzməˈgɒrɪk], phantasmagorical adj

phantasmagorically  adv

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phantasmagoria

a type of magic-lantern show in which rapidly moving images blend, change size, etc.; hence, any series of images that move and change rapidly, as a dream. — phantasmagorial, phantasmagoric, adj.

See also: Dreams

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a type of magic-lantern show in which rapidly moving images blend, change size, etc.; hence, any series of images that move and change rapidly, as a dream. — phantasmagorial, phantasmagoric, adj.

See also: Images

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a type of magiclantern show in which rapidly moving images blend, change size, etc.; hence, any series of images that move and change rapidly, as a dream. — phantasmagorial, phantasmagoric, adj.

See also: Representation

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Phantasmagoria a series of phantoms or imagined figures.

Examples: phantasmagoria of contending angels, 1875; of terrible bright colours, 1880; of feathers, spangles, etc., 1822; of figures of ghosts and phantoms; of more prodigal and wild imaginations, 1880; of the sky, 1853.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

phantasmagoria - a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream) internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image

Translations

phantasmagoria [ˌfæntæzməˈgɔːrɪə] N → fantasmagoría f

phantasmagoria

n → Phantasmagorie f