phantasmagoria
Meanings
Plural: phantasmagorias
Noun
- a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
- A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theater entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed.
- A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and color.
- A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together.
Origin / Etymology
From French phantasmagorie, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “ghost”) + possibly either ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly, gathering”) + the suffix -ia or ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak publicly”).
Synonyms
magic lantern
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