apparitionaladj.
/apəˈrɪʃənəl/ 1. Of, or of the nature of, a phantom; spectral, immaterial, subjective.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [adjective]
fantastic1483
fantasticalc1485
spectrical1609
sprightlya1616
spectrene1652
spectrous1652
shadowy1681
visionary1697
ghostly1753
faerie1767
spectry1796
spectral1816
spectrish1822
apparitional1824
phantasiastic1830
spooky1854
astral1877
1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. 173 Such apparitional coincidences are..not uncommon.
1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) i. 25 That Christ's body was real, not apparitional.
2. Belonging to the sphere of mere appearances or phenomena.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > mere outward appearance
utter?c1225
outwarda1382
superficial1531
external1564
formala1586
surface1828
apparitional1899
1899 A. C. Lyall Asiatic Stud. 2nd Ser. 89 The Hindu in his conviction of the illusory nature of all phenomena..will not contest the authenticity, in an..apparitional sense, of historic religions.
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