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phantasmagoria
UK /ˌfæntæzməˈɡɒɹi.ə/ US /ˌfæntæzməˈɡɔːɹi.ə/
noun 3
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2ADJ.
comparable, hideous, mental
PHANTASMAGORIA + NOUN
limbs, stomps
Definitions
noun
1
A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theater entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed.
2
A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and color.
3
A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together.
this mental phantasmagoria
1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust. There are depths in humanity which one cannot explore, as there are mephitic caverns into which one dare not penetrate.
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this mental phantasmagoria
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1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-sm
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What’s happening at the Post now — I’m surprised more people haven’t drawn the comparison — is sort of comparable to the phantasmagoria of rake stomps which took place at The New Republic after Facebo
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