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1. A ghostly appearing figure
   "we were unprepared for the phantasm that confronted us";
   - apparition, phantom, phantasma, fantasm, specter [US], spectre [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Something existing in perception only
   "a ghostly phantasm at midnight";
   - apparition, phantom, phantasma, fantasm, shadow

Derived forms: phantasms

Type of: disembodied spirit, illusion, semblance, spirit

Encyclopedia: Phantasm