phantasmagoric

adjective

variants or phantasmagorical
Definition of phantasmagoricnext
as in hallucinatory

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for phantasmagoric
  1. hallucinatory
  2. surreal
  3. illusory
  4. imaginary
  5. fictional
  6. fictitious
  7. chimerical
  8. delusive
Adjective
  • Instead, his hallucinatory drama explores themes like Black assimilation, imperial white oppression, eroticism, and the uneasy relationship between religion and power.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
  • There appears to be a close relationship between the brain areas responsible for veridical, imagined, and hallucinatory perception, though more data is needed.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of hallucinatory
Adjective
  • Yu himself created the 10-episode Hulu series, partnering with executive producer and pilot director Taika Waititi to bring the novel’s surreal, allegorical world to life.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Finding my deer was a serene, surreal moment the first time.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of surreal
Adjective
  • Fazio has grappled with that challenge while studying the illusory truth effect: how repeating something that is false will make a person more likely to believe it.
    ByKai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The auction prices and the professorships and even the art hanging on the wall by now seemed illusory.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of illusory
Adjective
  • And the exasperation goes from imaginary frustration to real annoyance.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • And through her mesmerizing filmmaking, Kapadia creates a world that didn’t seem possible — which, of course, reinforces how imaginary this new place might prove to be.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of imaginary
Adjective
  • The sitcom follows the trials and tribulations of a fictional radio station in Cincinnati.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Buyer personas: Buyer personas involve detailed fictional representations of ideal customer profiles to fine-tune messaging for your high-value clients’ specific needs, behaviors and motivations.
    Jonathan Schwartz, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of fictional
Adjective
  • Everyone read a fictitious story about a school that was running out of water because its local aquifer was drying up.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • To Kaplan, the onscreen romantic chemistry between the two fictitious lead characters, rival booksellers Joe Fox and Kathleen Kelly, drew her attention.
    David Chiu, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of fictitious
Adjective
  • The contrast is powerful, drawing attention to the chimerical nature of her quest.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Doing so risks indulging the chimerical hope that once liberal democracy has spread throughout the world, strategic competition will end and the United States can peacefully collaborate with like-minded states in a secure globe.
    Elbridge Colby, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2020
Definition of chimerical
Adjective
  • This isn’t callousness or delusive optimism but, rather, a rebellion against the suffocating expectation that the elderly have foreclosed the possibility of joy.
    Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
  • To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling.
    WSJ, WSJ, 5 July 2022
Definition of delusive
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