Phantasmagoria (Noun)
Meaning
A constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream).
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The city streets at night were a phantasmagoria of neon lights, strangers' faces, and honking cars, overwhelming the tourist with their cacophony and colors.
- Her dream was a phantasmagoria of fragments, combining childhood memories, fantastical creatures, and random observations from the previous day's walk.
- As she fell into the altered state of consciousness, she saw a phantasmagoria of colors, swirling shapes, and random snippets of her childhood that blurred into something mystical and powerful.
- After ingesting the psychotropic tea, he described the intense sensory experience as a phantasmagoria of moving geometric shapes and impossible mathematical objects floating around his inner mind's eye.
- His grandfather's telling of ancient legends brought on a phantasmagoria of images, a montage of mythological creatures and archetypes that vividly danced within the listener's imagination.