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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++phan·tas·m /ˈfæntæzəm/ noun [countable, uncountable]  literaryIMAGINE something that exists only in your imagination 幻象;幻影;幻觉 SYN illusion
Examples from the Corpus
phantasmThe sepoy was no phantasm ... on the contrary, he looked more consistent than ever.After all, what most urgently needs thought in this century, if not the event and the phantasm?The philosophy of the phantasm may, however, help us to do justice to the event of Foucault himself.
Origin phantasm (1200-1300) Old French fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Greek, from phantazein to present to the mind
phan·tas·m nounChineseSyllable
only that Corpus your in something imagination exists


phantasm
phantasm /ˈfæntæzəm/ noun [uncountable and countable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Greek, from phantazein 'to present to the mind'
literary something that exists only in your imagination
   SYN  illusion


phan·tasmBrE /ˈfæntæzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfæntæzəm/ 🔊 noun (formal) a thing seen in the imagination 幻觉;幻影;幻想 SYN illusion