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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024phan•tas•ma•go•ri•a /fænˌtæzməˈgɔriə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ri•as. - a shifting series of illusions or confusing, deceptive appearances, as in a dream.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024phan•tas•ma•go•ri•a (fan taz′mə gôr′ē ə, -gōr′-),USA pronunciation n. - a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
- a changing scene made up of many elements.
- an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, etc.
- French fantasmagorie, compound based on fantasme phantasm; second element perh. representing Greek agorá assembly, gathering; see -ia
- 1795–1805;
phan•tas′ma•go′ri•al, phan•tas•ma•gor•ic (fan taz′mə gôr′ik, -gor′-),USA pronunciation phan•tas′ma•gor′i•cal, phan•tas′ma•go′ri•an, adj. phan•tas′ma•go′ri•al•ly, phan•tas′ma•gor′i•cal•ly, phan•tas′ma•go′ri•an•ly, adv. phan•tas′ma•gor′ist, n. |