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phantasmagorias

phantasmagorias is the plural of phantasmagoria.

Meaning of phantasmagoria

Noun

phantasmagoria (plural phantasmagorias)

  1. (historical) A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theater entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed.
    Synonyms:
    magic lantern
  2. A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and color.
  3. A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together.
    • this mental phantasmagoria1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...

Questions about phantasmagorias

What is phantasmagorias the plural of?
Phantasmagorias is the plural of phantasmagoria.

Words near phantasmagorias in the dictionary

  1. phantasma
  2. phantasmagoria
  3. phantasmagorial
  4. phantasmagorially
  5. phantasmagorian
  6. phantasmagorias
  7. phantasmagoric
  8. phantasmagorical
  9. phantasmagorically
  10. phantasmagories
  11. phantasmagorist

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