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phantom

/ˈfæntəm/

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noun

plural -toms

[count] the soul of a dead person thought of as living in an unseen world or as appearing to living people :ghost

The book is about the phantoms that are said to haunt the nation's cemeteries.

something that is not real and exists only in a person's mind

The crisis is merely a phantom made up by the media.

something that is hard to see or achieve - often + of

He spent years chasing the phantoms of fame and fortune.

adjective

always used before a noun

coming from or associated with the world of ghosts

People claim to have seen a phantom ship floating on the lake.

not real or true or not based on something real or true

A number of ballots from phantom voters had to be thrown out.

phantom fears

not real but felt or experienced as something real

phantom illnesses

a phantom pregnancy [=a medical condition in which a woman believes that she is pregnant and can appear to be pregnant when she is not pregnant]