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phantom

/'feɪən/

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noun
something existing in perception only
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apparition fantasm phantasm phantasma shadow

type of:
semblance illusion
noun
a ghostly appearing figure
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apparition fantasm phantasm phantasma specter spectre

type of:
spirit disembodied spirit
adjective
something apparently sensed but having no physical reality
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"seemed to hear faint phantom bells" "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb"

Similar:

unreal

Examples of phantom

"seemed to hear faint phantom bells"
"the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb"