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phantasmagoria
[fan-taz-muh-gawr-ee-uh, -gohr-]
noun
a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
a changing scene made up of many elements.
an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, etc.
phantasmagoria
/ ˌfæntæzməˈɡɒrɪk, ˌfæntæzməˈɡɔːrɪə, fænˈtæzməɡərɪ /
noun
psychol a shifting medley of real or imagined figures, as in a dream
films a sequence of pictures made to vary in size rapidly while remaining in focus
rarea shifting scene composed of different elements
Other 51Թ Forms
- phantasmagorial adjective
- phantasmagoric adjective
- phantasmagorian adjective
- phantasmagorist noun
- ˌԳٲˈǰ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of phantasmagoria1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of phantasmagoria1
Example Sentences
The 90-minute opera is basically a phantasmagoria of how Schoenberg got here.
A high point for polished yet hirsute L.A. rock: The Eagles’ Hollywood phantasmagoria is named record of the year the same night Fleetwood Mac wins the album prize with the darkly glittering “Rumours.”
In this enormous projection piece, Eliasson unfurls a phantasmagoria of shifting shapes and amorphous space across a vast fabric scrim stretched between the walls of a large, darkened museum gallery.
Lurking behind Foreman’s madhouse phantasmagorias is the mind of the artist interrogating its own secret chambers.
Instead of what you’d expect — legions of them, rising up in gory phantasmagoria — I encountered accounts of very few, chiefly demure lady ghosts, swathed in white, blue, or pink, like Disney princesses.
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