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Phantasmagoria
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What's The Definition Of Phantasmagoria?
[n] a constantly changing medley or real or imagined images (as in a dream)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Phantasmagoria: Related Terms | Find terms related to Phantasmagoria: apparition | appearance | cosmorama | cyclorama | diorama | display | eidolon | exhibit | exhibition | exposition | fantasy | figure | form | georama | idolum | image | light show | myriorama | pageant | pageantry | panorama | parade | phantasm | phantasma | phantom | pomp | presence | presentation | psychedelic show | representation | shade | shadow | shape | shifting scene | show | sight | spectacle | specter | stage show | tableau | tableau vivant | vision | waking dream | wildest dream | wraith See Also | internal representation | mental representation | representation Phantasmagoria In Webster's Dictionary \Phan*tas`ma*go"ri*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a
phantasm + ? an assembly, fr. ? to gather: cf. F.
phantasmagorie.]
1. An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures
are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the
glass is opaque black. The screen is between the
spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often
made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.
2. The apparatus by which such an effect is produced.
3. Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images. ``This mental
phantasmagoria.'' --Sir W. Scott.
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