Definitions for PHANTASM
ˈfæn tæz əmphan·tasm

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectrenoun

   a ghostly appearing figure

   "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

2. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadownoun

   something existing in perception only

   "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. phantasmnoun

   something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Phantasm, Phantasmanoun

   Vain and airy appearance; something appearing only to imagination.

   Etymology: φάντασμα, φαντασία; phantasme, phantasie, Fr.

   All the interim is
   Like a phantasma or a hideous dream. William Shakespeare.

   This armado is a Spaniard that keeps here in court
   A phantasm, a monarcho, and one that makes sport
   To the prince and his book-mates. William Shakespeare.

   They believe, and they believe amiss, because they be but phantasms or apparitions. Walter Raleigh, Hist. of the World.

   If the great ones were in forwardness, the people were in fury, entertaining this airy body or phantasm with incredible affection; partly out of their great devotion to the house of York, partly out of proud humour. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   Why,
   In this infernal vale first met, thou call’st
   Me father, and that phanta’m call’st my son. John Milton.

   Assaying, by his devilish art, to reach
   The organs of her fancy, and with them forge
   Illusions, as he list, phantasms and dreams. John Milton.

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1. phantasm

   A phantasm is an illusion, apparition, or a figment of the imagination. It often refers to supernatural entities such as ghosts or specters, but can also refer to non-physical things that exist only in the mind.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Phantasmnoun

   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

2. Phantasmnoun

   a mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion

3. Etymology: [L. phantasma. See Phantom, and cf. Fantasm.]

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1. Phantasm

   Phantasm is a 1979 American horror film directed, written, photographed, co-produced, and edited by Don Coscarelli. It introduced the Tall Man, a supernatural and malevolent undertaker who turns the dead into dwarf zombies to do his bidding and take over the world.

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1. Phantasm

   fan′tazm, n. a vain, airy appearance: a fancied vision: an apparition or spectre—also Phantas′ma (Shak.):—pl. Phan′tasms, Phantas′mata.—adjs. Phantas′mal; Phantasmā′lian (rare).—n. Phantasmal′ity.—adv. Phantas′mally.—adjs. Phantasmat′ic, -al; Phantas′mic; Phantasmogenet′ic, begetting phantasms.—adv. Phantasmogenet′ically.—adj. Phantasmolog′ical, pertaining to phantasms as subjects of inquiry.—n. Phantasmol′ogy, the science of phantasms. [Gr. phantasma—phantazein, to make visible—phainein, to bring to light—pha-ein, to shine.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PHANTASM in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PHANTASM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of PHANTASM in a Sentence

1. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley:

   I saw—with shut eyes, but acute mental vision—I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion. Frightful must it be, for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.

2. Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz:

   Although the whole of this life were said to be nothing but a dream and the physical world nothing but a phantasm, I should call this dream or phatasm real enough, if, using reason well, we were never deceived by it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=PHANTASM
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Phantasm
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=PHANTASM
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PHANTASM
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=PHANTASM
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=PHANTASM