
Meaning of PHANTASMAGORIC
| Pronunciation: | | fan`tazmu'gorik
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| | Definition: | | [adj] characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature" |
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| | Synonyms: | | phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic, unrealistic |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Phan*tas`ma*gor"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial.
--Hawthorne.
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| | Related Terms: | | airy, apparent, apparitional, autistic, Barmecidal, Barmecide, chimeric, deceptive, delusional, delusionary, delusive, delusory, dereistic, dreamlike, dreamy, erroneous, fallacious, false, fantastic, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginary, misleading, ostensible, phantasmal, phantom, seeming, self-deceptive, self-deluding, specious, spectral, supposititious, unactual, unfounded, unreal, unsubstantial, visionary |
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