PHANTASMAGORIA Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

phantasmagoria

noun

Definition of phantasmagoria

as in kaleidoscope

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Recent Examples of phantasmagoria Maxine Tarnow, the Upper West Side fraud investigator, moves through a Manhattan already haunted by 9/11 and by the virtual phantasmagoria of the early internet. — Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025 And a phantasmagoria of an inning began a descent that took the Tigers one step closer to absolute rock bottom. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025 Pan’s final pages are a kaleidoscope of phantasmagoria and philosophic bewilderment, a refusal of closure and clarity that is seemingly—and fittingly—designed to give readers a heavy dose of, to use the clinical term, derealization. — Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025 In the shadow of Coppola’s collective political fantasy Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 phantasmagoria Apocalypse Now put the concept of social disaster and political psychosis into the mainstream, from the Vietnam War to the Covidapocalypse. — Armond White, National Review, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for phantasmagoria

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Noun

Jon Cryer also is seen in the kaleidoscope graphic.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 June 2026
The Jet Pilot is essentially a Daiquiri—rum, lime and simple syrup, one of the world’s great three ingredient drinks—put through a kaleidoscope.

— Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 20 June 2026

Definition of kaleidoscope

Noun

Here, that means Meta opening up the vast trove of content already on its platform to power a new AI tool.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The Kansas Young Republicans organization disbanded last fall after POLITICO released a trove of racist and derogatory messages exchanged in a group chat between young GOP members in four states.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Definition of trove

Noun

Cotliar went on to work at an assortment of local papers around Los Angeles, then caught wind that The Times had an opening.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The Protect Illinois Communities Act was signed into law in 2023 by Pritzker and bans AR-15 rifles and similar guns, large-capacity magazines and an assortment of attachments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of assortment

Noun

The weekly markets turn to late-season treasure—figs, truffles, chestnuts, cheeses and olives.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Enola also realizes that Tewkesbury's family must have hidden the gold in Maltese cliff, because Tewkesbury previously told her stories about a treasure hidden there.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

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