fantasm

Noun
Synonyms: apparitionphantomphantasmphantasmaspecterspectreshadow

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a ghostly appearing figure“we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us”Synonyms: apparitionphantomphantasmphantasmaspecterspectre
  2. something existing in perception only“a ghostly apparition at midnight”Synonyms: apparitionphantomphantasmphantasmashadow
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Phantasm \Phan"tasm\, n. [L. phantasma. See Phantom, and cf. Fantasm.] [Spelt also fantasm.]

1.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. [1913 Webster]

They be but phantasms or apparitions.— Sir W. Raleigh.[1913 Webster]

2.A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]

Figures or little features, of which the description had produced in you no phantasm or expectation.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]
Fantasm \Fan"tasm\, n. [See Phantasm, Fancy.] Same as Phantasm. [1913 Webster]
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