phantasma

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And yet, after a week that included a shooting, massive wildfires, and a doctored White House video presented as truth, Fleck’s exuberant phantasma made about as much sense as anything else.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2018

The body of Christ was regarded by Marcion merely as an "umbra", a "phantasma."

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

For a short while the flaming phantasma lingered firm and orb-like, while the space between itself and reality grew to a hand's breadth; then slowly deliquesced.

From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Douglas, Norman

The sudden presence of a raven at a bridal banquet could scarcely have been a greater phantasma.

From The Life of Lord Byron by Galt, John

With eyes tight closed one may conjure up the phantasma of green leaves waving and of meadows knee-deep with lush grasses and starred with ox-eyes.

From The Gates of Chance by Sutphen, Van Tassel