phantasm
English
Alternative forms
- fantasm
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfæntæzəm/
- Hyphenation: phan‧tasm
Noun
phantasm (plural phantasms)
- something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:
- He declares that there seems to be no justification for regarding the phantasms of dreams as pure hallucinations; most dream-images are probably in fact illusions, since they arise from faint sense-impressions, which never cease during sleep.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:
Derived terms
- phantasmal
- phantasmic
Related terms
- fancy
- fantasize
- fantastic
- fantasy
- phantasmatic
- phantom
Further reading
- phantasm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- phantasm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- phantasm at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- panthams