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- US Pronunciation
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- [fan-taz-muh]
- /fænˈtæz mə/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [fan-taz-muh]
- /fænˈtæz mə/
Definition of phantasma word
- noun plural phantasma phantasm (defs 1, 2). 1
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Origin of phantasma
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1590-1600
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Parts of speech for Phantasma
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
phantasma popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
phantasma usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for phantasma
noun phantasma
- banshee — In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die.
- bogey — A bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason.
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- bogle — a scarecrow
- bogyman — boogeyman
Antonyms for phantasma
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