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PHANTASMAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phantasmal mean?
• PHANTASMAL (adjective)
The adjective PHANTASMAL has 1 sense:
1. resembling or characteristic of a phantom
Familiarity information: PHANTASMAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling or characteristic of a phantom
Synonyms:
apparitional; ghostlike; ghostly; phantasmal; spectral; spiritual
Context example:
spiritual tappings at a seance
Similar:
supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)
Derivation:
phantasma (something existing in perception only)
phantasma (a ghostly appearing figure)
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