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phantasm (noun):
1: a product of fantasy: such as
a: delusive appearance : illusion
b: ghost, spectre
c: a figment of the imagination
2: a mental representation of a real object
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Phantasm is from Middle English fantasme, a borrowing from Anglo-French fantasme, which itself is a derivative of Latin and Greek words—and ultimately the Greek verb phantazein, meaning "to present to the mind." The Greek verb took shape from phainein, meaning "to show," and this root appears in several English words that have to do with the way things seem or appear rather than the way they really are. Phantasmagoria and diaphanous are examples. Also from this root are words such as fanciful and fantasy, in which the imagination plays an important part
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