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Noun: fantasm  fan-ta-zum
  1. Something existing in perception only
    "a ghostly fantasm at midnight";
    - apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, shadow
     
  2. A ghostly appearing figure
    "we were unprepared for the fantasm that confronted us";
    - apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, specter [US], spectre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: fantasms

Type of: disembodied spirit, illusion, semblance, spirit

Encyclopedia: Fantasm