phantasmatic

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UK/fantəzˈmatɪk/

adjective

Phantasmal, incorporeal.

OriginLate Latin phantasmaticus →
First used 17th c.Scrabble 21
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Meanings

adjectivephantasmatic (comparative more phantasmatic, superlative most phantasmatic)

comparative more phantasmatic · superlative most phantasmatic

  1. Phantasmal, incorporeal.First known use 17th c.

    The recourse to the unconscious as a source of subversion makes sense, it seems, only if the paternal law is understood as a rigid and universal determinism which makes of ‘identity’ a fixed and phantasmatic affair.

    1990, Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, Taylor & Francis, published 2002, page 85

Synonyms & antonyms

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phantasmal

Origin

  1. Late Latinphantasmaticus
  2. Englishphantasmatic

From Late Latin phantasmaticus.

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Chicago

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