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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky