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–noun

1.	an apparition or specter.

2.	a creation of the imagination or fancy; fantasy.

3.	a mental image or representation of a real object.

4.	an illusory likeness of something.

Also, fantasm.

[Origin: 1175–1225; < L phantasma < Gk phántasma image, vision (akin to phantázein to bring before the mind); r. ME fantesme < OF < L as above

]

—Synonyms 1. ghost, vision. See apparition. 4. hallucination, illusion.

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phan·tasm Audio Help (fān'tāz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n.

Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition. Also called phantasma.
An illusory mental image. Also called phantasma.
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 bhā-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

phan·tas'mal (fān-tāz'məl), phan·tas'mic (-tāz'mĭk) adj.

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c.1225, fantesme, from O.Fr. fantasme, from L. phantasma "an apparition, specter," from Gk. phantasma "image, phantom," from phantazein "to make visible, display," from stem of phainein "to show," from PIE base *bha- "to shine" (cf. Skt. bhati "shines, glitters," O.Ir. ban "white, light, ray of light"). Spelling conformed to L. from 16c.

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phantasm
noun
1.	a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition]
2.	something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" [syn: apparition]

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phantasm phan·tasm (fān'tāz'əm)
n.

Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; an apparition.
An illusory mental image.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: phan·tasm
Pronunciation: 'fan-"taz-&m
Function: noun
1 : a figment of the imagination or disordered mind
2 : an apparition of a living or dead person

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Phantasm

Fan"tasm\, n. [See Phantasm, Fancy.] Same as Phantasm.

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