Thesaurus: phantasm

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1. n. 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. n. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.
3. n. a ghostly appearing figure
4. n. something existing in perception only
5. 1. 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. They be but phantasms or apparitions. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion. Cudworth. Figures or little features, of which the description had produced in you no phantasm or expectation. Jer. Taylor.
6. n:100 n a ghostly appearing figure n something existing in perception only