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PHANTASMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phantasma mean?
• PHANTASMA (noun)
The noun PHANTASMA has 2 senses:
2. something existing in perception only
Familiarity information: PHANTASMA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ghostly appearing figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; specter; spectre
Context example:
we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something existing in perception only
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; shadow
Context example:
a ghostly apparition at midnight
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)
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