Phantasm — Word of the Day September 15, 2026

Definition

An apparition or ghost; a figment of the imagination or an illusion. In philosophy it refers to a mental image or representation of a real object.

“What he saw in the fog turned out to be a phantasm born of his exhausted mind.”

From Greek phantasma, from phantazein (to make visible), from phainein (to show).

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PHANTASM scores 15 points in Scrabble.