phantasm

Example Sentences

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Like most of the fears that animate the right, that's a phantasm, propped up to keep their adrenaline coursing and their rational faculties shut down.

From Salon

Martin Riker’s novel “The Guest Lecture” begins when a faltering academic conjures up an imaginary phantasm of the early-20th-century economist John Maynard Keynes.

From Washington Post

In the past, these phantasms were usually cause for amusement or bafflement more than concern.

From Seattle Times

Mostly she stares pensively into the middle distance, lost in the phantasms of memory.

From Los Angeles Times

He suggested that his political cult members should enter into a lethal blood pact and fight an existential battle against the phantasm of "critical race theory" as proof of their loyalty:

From Salon