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phantasma

/fænˈtæz.mə/

Traduction: Nom désignant une figure fantomatique ou illusoire, ou quelque chose qui n'existe que dans la perception ou l'imagination, et non dans la réalité.

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noun

/fænˈtæz.mə/C2formal
  • frNom désignant une figure fantomatique ou illusoire, ou quelque chose qui n'existe que dans la perception ou l'imagination, et non dans la réalité.

A noun referring to a ghostly or illusory figure, or something that exists only in perception or imagination rather than in reality.

  1. Ghostly apparitionC1formal

    A ghostly or spectral figure that appears, often in a vision or dream.

    frApparition fantomatique

    • The old castle was said to be haunted by a phantasma.
    • He saw a phantasma in the misty graveyard.
    • Legends speak of a phantasma that appears at midnight.

    Synonymesapparitionghostphantasmphantomshadespecterspookvisionwraith

  2. Illusion or figmentC1formal

    Something that exists only in perception or imagination, not in reality.

    frPhantasme / illusion

    • His fears were just a phantasma of his own mind.
    • The oasis in the desert turned out to be a phantasma.
    • She realized the perfect memory was a phantasma, not the truth.

    Synonymesapparitiondelusionfigmenthallucinationillusionmiragephantasmphantomvision

    Antonymesactualityfactrealitysubstancetruth