English noun: fantasm |
1. | fantasm (person) a ghostly appearing figure |
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| Samples | We were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us.
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| Synonyms | apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre |
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| Broader (hypernym) | disembodied spirit, spirit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Flying Dutchman |
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2. | fantasm (cognition) something existing in perception only |
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| Samples | A ghostly apparition at midnight.
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| Synonyms | apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow |
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| Broader (hypernym) | illusion, semblance |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Flying Dutchman, flying saucer, ghost, shade, specter, spectre, spook, UFO, unidentified flying object, wraith |
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