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Phantasm (Noun)

A ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us".

Nouns denoting people.

The mysterious castle was said to be haunted by a phantasm that roamed its halls at night.
On our hike, we encountered a strange phantasm that seemed to materialize before our very eyes.
The old mansion was rumored to be inhabited by a malevolent phantasm that preyed on its occupants.
In the still of the night, a phantasm would allegedly appear to travelers on the deserted highway.
The eerie phantasm that glided across the stage added a chilling element to the performance.

Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight".

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

The eerie howling in the abandoned mansion was dismissed by the locals as a mere phantasm of the visitors' overactive imagination.
Her recollection of the beautiful childhood home was now a phantasm, lost forever in the reality of the demolished building.
The haunting melody drifted through the deserted streets, a phantasm of a bygone era.
As he wandered through the fog-shrouded forest, the trees seemed to take on menacing shapes, mere phantasms of his fearful mind.
In the depths of the feverish dream, the shadowy figure that stalked her was just a phantasm, vanishing into nothingness at dawn.