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PHANTASMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phantasmal mean? 

PHANTASMAL (adjective)
  The adjective PHANTASMAL has 1 sense:

1. resembling or characteristic of a phantomplay

  Familiarity information: PHANTASMAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHANTASMAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling or characteristic of a phantom

Synonyms:

apparitional; ghostlike; ghostly; phantasmal; spectral; spiritual

Context example:

spiritual tappings at a seance

Similar:

supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)

Derivation:

phantasma (something existing in perception only)

phantasma (a ghostly appearing figure)


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