Fantasms

/ˈfæn.tæz.əmz/ noun

Definition

Plural of fantasm; multiple ghosts, phantoms, illusions, or imaginary things.

Etymology

Simple plural form of fantasm, following English pluralization rules. The term became widespread in supernatural literature and philosophy to describe collections of ghosts or illusions.

Kelly Says

Eighteenth-century philosophers like Hume used 'fantasms' to describe the building blocks of human thought—he argued that all ideas are just faint copies of more vivid sense impressions, making everything we think about partially fantasms of experience.

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