phantasm
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈfæntæzəm/
Noun

phantasm (plural phantasms)

  1. 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.
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