phantomize

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verb

To make phantom-like or spiritual, or transport into a ghostly realm.

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Meanings

verbphantomize (third-person singular simple present phantomizes, present participle phantomizing, simple past and past participle phantomized)

present singular third person phantomizes · participle present phantomizing · participle past phantomized · past phantomized

  1. datedderogatorytransitiveTo make phantom-like or spiritual, or transport into a ghostly realm.

    Do not phantomize the Redeemer when you want him in very deed.

    1883, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Sermons of Rev. C. H. Spurgeon of London, page 488
  2. transitivesciencesTo remove (a goal in a model) from consideration by ensuring it is achieved in advance.

Origin

From phantom + -ize.

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APA

phantomize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phantomize

MLA

“phantomize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phantomize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phantomize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phantomize.

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