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English noun: spectre | |||
| 1. | spectre (person) a ghostly appearing figure | ||
| Samples | We were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us. | ||
| Synonyms | apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disembodied spirit, spirit | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Flying Dutchman | ||
| 2. | spectre (cognition) a mental representation of some haunting experience | ||
| Samples | He looked like he had seen a ghost. It aroused specters from his past. | ||
| Synonyms | ghost, shade, specter, spook, wraith | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow | ||
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