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PRONUNCIATION OF PHANTASMAGORIC

phantasmagoric  [ˌfæntæzməˈɡɒrɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHANTASMAGORIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phantasmagoric is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PHANTASMAGORIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phantasmagoric

Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria ( American pronunciation (help·info), also fantasmagorie, fantasmagoria) was a form of theatre which used a modified magic lantern to project frightening images such as skeletons, demons, and ghosts onto walls, smoke, or semi-transparent screens, frequently using rear projection. The projector was mobile, allowing the projected image to move and change size on the screen, and multiple projecting devices allowed for quick switching of different images. Invented in France in the late 18th century, it gained popularity through most of Europe (especially England) throughout the 19th century.

Definition of phantasmagoric in the English dictionary

The definition of phantasmagoric in the dictionary is characterised by a shifting medley of real or imagined figures, as in a dream. Other definition of phantasmagoric is characterised by rapid changes in light intensity, colour and size.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHANTASMAGORIC


allegoric
ˌælɪˈɡɒrɪk
amphigoric
ˌæmfɪˈɡɒrɪk
amphoric
æmˈfɒrɪk
caloric
kəˈlɒrɪk
categoric
ˌkætɪˈɡɒrɪk
Doric
ˈdɒrɪk
dysphoric
dɪsˈfɒrɪk
euphoric
juːˈfɒrɪk
historic
hɪˈstɒrɪk
hydrochloric
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈklɒrɪk
hydrofluoric
ˌhaɪdrəʊfluːˈɒrɪk
metaphoric
ˌmetəˈfɒrɪk
meteoric
ˌmiːtɪˈɒrɪk
motoric
məʊˈtɒrɪk
paregoric
ˌpærəˈɡɒrɪk
phosphoric
fɒsˈfɒrɪk
prehistoric
ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk
pyrophoric
ˌpaɪrəʊˈfɒrɪk
toric
ˈtɒrɪk
Warwick
ˈwɒrɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHANTASMAGORIC

phantasiast
phantasies
phantasime
phantasm
phantasmagoria
phantasmagorial
phantasmagorical
phantasmagorically
phantasmagory
phantasmal
phantasmalian
phantasmality
phantasmally
phantasmic
phantasmical
phantasmically
phantastic
phantastry
phantasy
phantom

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHANTASMAGORIC

anaphoric
boric
camphoric
chloric
choric
chromophoric
diasporic
fluoric
folkloric
isocaloric
isochoric
past historic
plethoric
protohistoric
pyloric
rhetoric
sophomoric
sporophoric
Theodoric
theoric

Synonyms and antonyms of phantasmagoric in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PHANTASMAGORIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «phantasmagoric» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of phantasmagoric

Translation of «phantasmagoric» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHANTASMAGORIC

Find out the translation of phantasmagoric to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phantasmagoric from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phantasmagoric» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

变幻不定
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fantasmagórica
570 millions of speakers

English

phantasmagoric
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छायाचित्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

همي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фантасмагорический
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fantasmagórica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phantasmagoric
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fantasmagorique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phantasmagoric
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

traumhaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

変幻自在
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

허깨비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

phantasmagoric
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có tranh ảo tưởng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phantasmagoric
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाँटसममायोरिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

görüntü oyunu ile ilgili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fantasmagorico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fantasmagoryczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фантасмагоричний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fantasmagoric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαντασμαγορικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fantasmagoriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phantasmagoric
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phantasmagoric
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phantasmagoric

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHANTASMAGORIC»

The term «phantasmagoric» is normally little used and occupies the 110.700 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHANTASMAGORIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phantasmagoric

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHANTASMAGORIC»

Discover the use of phantasmagoric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phantasmagoric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Phantasmagoric Theater Tarot
This book invites you to think of yourself as an actor, placed in a theater at the time of your birth, joining the millions of other actors around you on the stage of life.
Graham Cameron, 1999
2
San Diego Specters: Ghosts, Poltergeists, and Phantasmagoric ...
All haunted locations listed in the book have been thoroughly checked by the author, John Lamb, a trained detective with 22 years of law enforcement experience.
John J. Lamb, 1999
3
Beyond Rationalism
Indeed, the imagery of what I call the phantasmagoric (virtual) space of magic and sorcery (and, also, much ritual) is likely to build out of numerous sources, both personal and historical (including that of other rites from the past and present).
Kapferer, B.
4
Expo 67: Not Just a Souvenir
If the creaturely self that is summoned by the phantasmagoric is always becoming, then there is always the possibility of becoming otherwise. Though Benjamin was writing about the nineteenth century, he was trying to make sense of his most ...
Rhona Richman Kenneally, Johanne Sloan, 2010
5
Unsolved History: Investigating Mysteries of the Past
Possibly, it was an instinctive device of her spirit, to relieve itself, by the exhibition of these phantasmagoric forms, from the cruel weight and hardness of the reality” (emphasis added).30 Now Hawthorne's use of the word phantasmagoric is ...
Joe Nickell, 2010
6
Mourning Becomes the Law: Philosophy and Representation
A definite social relation between people assumes the phantasmagoric form of a relation between things.'8 Derrida extends the phantasmagoric illusion which Marx argues arises from 'exchange value' (the way in which the value of a ...
Gillian Rose, 1996
7
The Ordeal of Consciousness in Henry James
by so balancing the 'evidential' with the 'phantasmagoric' as to let each cancel out the other, so that no solution can be reached by an appeal to external evidences but only, if at all, by the interpretation of the motives of the participants — the ...
8
Listening Publics: The Politics and Experience of Listening ...
In Benjamin's terms, the new sound media opened up a 'phantasmagoric' space in the auditory realm. Benjamin learned from Freud that: consciousness acts as a shield protecting the organism against stimuli [...] by preventing their retention, ...
Kate Lacey, 2013
9
Afterimage of Empire: Photography in Nineteenth-century India
Seen in light of phantasmagoric aesthetics, the line demarcating the end of anthropology and the beginning of documentary photography is obscure at best, as both the anthropological and documentary photographs taken by the British in  ...
Zahid R. Chaudhary, 2012
10
Opera and the Enlightenment
Although Euryanthe has its ghost (which Weber fiercely insisted on retaining, in the face of opposition from such influential Dresden voices as Tieck), it does not have real phantasmagoric scenes, with quick successions of ghosts and ...
Thomas Bauman, Marita Petzoldt McClymonds, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHANTASMAGORIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phantasmagoric is used in the context of the following news items.
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Original short story: The Winshaw Prize, by Jonathan Coe
At the centre of her phantasmagoric worldview, there lay a malignant, amorphous monster called “the left-liberal establishment”, dedicated to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
True Detective episode 6 recap: No church in the wild
Miguel Sapochnik's finest directorial touch in "Church in Ruins" is Ani's phantasmagoric molly trip, which is largely shown from her perspective. «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Ignoring Syrian Holocaust, Palestinian Ethnic Cleansing, the Zionist …
... they can't help being affronted with the phantasmagoric images of Muslim civilians being massacred en mass in Syria in full view of the world ... «Al-Jazeerah.info, Jul 15»
4
Three emerging Indian women poets with voices you cannot ignore
Sohini writes about animals with the same “phantasmagoric and anecdotal impulse” of a Russell Edson poem, minus the Ted Hughes bravado ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
5
Alien Forms: 'Cosmicomics' at Frosch&Portmann
... a group show at Frosch&Portmann on the Lower East Side, may or may not have much to do with the book, but its phantasmagoric imagery, ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
6
Sexual Horror in 'Valerie and Her Week of Wonders'
A surreal tale of phantasmagoric sexual horror, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders remains a cornerstone of Czech New Wave cinema. «PopMatters, Jul 15»
7
Athi-Patra Ruga's latest art shows 'Azania' without a purpose
On the phantasmagoric stage, partly nightmarish and partly enchanting, an anonymous figure appears, dressed eccentrically and seated on ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
8
Stan Douglas at Imma: Every picture reveals a thousand details
... amalgam of live theatrical performance, film and installation centring on a phantasmagoric journey through Vancouver's underworld in 1948. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
Remembering Mountains: A Tribute to Karen Dalton
Each collection showcases her sultry, hypnotic, downright phantasmagoric performance style. Karen Dalton wasn't known as a songwriter. «Drowned In Sound, Jul 15»
10
Inside Out, movie review: Pixar's latest and boldest feature is going …
It's an epic journey across a phantasmagoric landscape. They travel by foot and by every other means of transport, including the “train of ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

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