phantasmagorical

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Traditionally, the weird, unnerving and phantasmagorical have not been welcome features in mainstream Hollywood animation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Alongside the mysteries, expect a few phantasmagorical hallucinations, including a race of Lemurians living inside Mt.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The image he shot is almost phantasmagorical: the elephant underwater, her legs kicking, her gray body swaddled in blue water, a handler in a red shirt atop her.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

When I spoke to Mogelson, he said that an important thing separating the United States from the war-ravaged countries he’s worked in is the phantasmagorical nature of the American far right’s complaints.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2022

Who dares to think Truth frozen—on this phantasmagorical planet, that whirls in beginningless time through endless space!

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel