fantasm
- noun
- /fænˈtæzəm/
- Archaic
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fantasma
- The old house was said to be haunted by a fantasm that appeared at night.
Examples
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What's come over you, creeping in like a fantasm?
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Instead of being in relation to the end—a fantasm of inclusion—the value of the human is re-estimated with a view to what is foreign to the end, writing—writing, which suggests that the human is not within itself, such inclusion being given by the value of the end.
Academic text (1998) -
In her daydreams, she often saw a fantasm of her childhood friend smiling at her.
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He could never tell if the fantasm he saw in the dark was real or merely a trick of his mind.
Synonyms
81
6.7
A ghost or spirit that people think they see
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6.4
Something made up in your mind that is not real
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8.9
A ghost that people see suddenly
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9.9
A thing that seems real but is only in the mind, like a ghost
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9.9
A ghost-like figure that seems real but is not
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Etymology
Fantasm comes from the old Greek word phantasma meaning 'an appearance'. It shares the same root as phantom and fantasy, so a fantasm can be a thing that only appears in the mind or a mental picture.