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Phantasm vs Phantasma - What's the difference?

phantasm | phantasma |

As nouns the difference between phantasm and phantasma

is that phantasm is something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition while phantasma is alternative form of lang=en.

phantasm

English

Alternative forms

* fantasm

Noun

(en noun)
  • something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
  • * 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:
    • He declares that there seems to be no justification for regarding the phantasms of dreams as pure hallucinations; most dream-images are probably in fact illusions, since they arise from faint sense-impressions, which never cease during sleep.

    Related terms

    * fancy * fantasize * fantastic * fantasy * phantom

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    phantasma

    English

    Noun

    (phantasmata)
  • * 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
  • *:...till the 7. of Iune ?he againe deluded us, after two houres cha?e as a phanta?ma vani?hing towards Goa.
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