Associations to the word «Phantasm»

Wiktionary

PHANTASM, noun. Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.

Dictionary definition

PHANTASM, noun. A ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us".
PHANTASM, noun. Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats