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PHANTASMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something existing in perception only
Example:
a ghostly apparition at midnight
Synonyms:
apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; shadow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("phantasma" is a kind of...):
illusion; semblance (an erroneous mental representation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phantasma"):
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; shade; specter; spectre; spook; wraith (a mental representation of some haunting experience)
Derivation:
phantasmal (resembling or characteristic of a phantom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A ghostly appearing figure
Example:
we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
Synonyms:
apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; specter; spectre
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phantasma" is a kind of...):
disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phantasma"):
Flying Dutchman (the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day)
Derivation:
phantasmal (resembling or characteristic of a phantom)
