different between fantasize vs phantasm

English

Alternative forms

• fantasise (British)
• phantasise?(British, dated)
• phantasize?(dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????????? (phantasiázomai, “to be presented to the mind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fænt??sa?z/

Verb

fantasize (third-person singular simple present fantasizes, present participle fantasizing, simple past and past participle fantasized)

1. (intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.

   I fantasized about my ideal date.

2. (transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy.
   • 1995 March 22, "Seinfeld with Madonna? 'Cosmo' reveals sex fantasies", The Arizona Republic

     Actress Dana Delany fantasizes about making love with two men.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• fantasm
• phantasim (obsolete)
• phantasma

Etymology

A learned variant of phantom; from Middle English fantosme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek ???????? (phántasma). Doublet of phantom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæntæz?m/
• Hyphenation: phan?tasm

Noun

phantasm (plural phantasms)

1. Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
   • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:

     He declares that there seems to be no justification for regarding the phantasms of dreams as pure hallucinations; most dream-images are probably in fact illusions, since they arise from faint sense-impressions, which never cease during sleep.

2. (philosophy) A impression as received by the senses, especially an image, often prior to any interpretation by the intellect.

   Synonym: (less common) phantasia

Derived terms

• phantasmal
• phantasmic

Related terms

• fancy
• fantasize
• fantastic
• fantasy
• phantasmatic
• phantom

Further reading

• phantasm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• phantasm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• phantasm at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• panthams