phantasm
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- Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
- An impression as received by the senses, especially an image, often prior to any interpretation by the intellect.
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A learned variant of phantom; from Middle English fantosme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma). Doublet of phantom.
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