1. a figment of the imagination; an illusion or apparition
Usage: formal; literary
2. a mental image or representation of something
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The ghostly figure turned out to be merely a phantasma created by the moonlight and shadows.
• His memories of childhood seemed like distant phantasmata, unclear and dreamlike.
• The poet described love as a beautiful phantasma that haunts the heart.
• What she thought was a spirit was just a phantasma born of her fevered imagination.
• The phantasma appeared to him in his dreams, speaking in riddles.
• Ancient texts often describe phantasmata as omens or supernatural visions.