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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌfæntæzməˈɡɔːrɪə/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/fænˌtæzməˈgɔriə/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fan taz′mə gôr′ē ə, -gōr′-)

phan•tas•ma•go•ri•a /fænˌtæzməˈgɔriə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ri•as.

a shifting series of illusions or confusing, deceptive appearances, as in a dream.

phan•tas•ma•go•ri•a (fan taz′mə gôr′ē ə, -gōr′-),USA pronunciation n.

a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
a changing scene made up of many elements.
an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, etc.

French fantasmagorie, compound based on fantasme phantasm; second element perh. representing Greek agorá assembly, gathering; see -ia
1795–1805;

phan•tas′ma•go′ri•al•ly, phan•tas′ma•gor′i•cal•ly, phan•tas′ma•go′ri•an•ly, adv.
phan•tas′ma•gor′ist, n.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

phantasmagoria /ˌfæntæzməˈɡɔːrɪə/, phantasmagory /fænˈtæzməɡərɪ/ n

a shifting medley of real or imagined figures, as in a dream
a sequence of pictures made to vary in size rapidly while remaining in focus
rare a shifting scene composed of different elements

Etymology: 19th Century: probably from French fantasmagorie production of phantasms, from phantasm + -agorie, perhaps from Greek ageirein to gather togetherphantasmagoric /ˌfæntæzməˈɡɒrɪk/, ˌphantasmaˈgorical, ˌphantasmaˈgorial adj

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