1. A sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream.
"The carnival became a phantasmagoria of twirling lights, masked performers, and drifting fog after dark."
"Walking through the botanical gardens at dusk became a phantasmagoria of fireflies and flowering vines."
"The northern lights painted a natural phantasmagoria across the sky."
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French, early 19th century
"Phantasmagoria" is a direct translation from the French "phantasmagorie," but its origins date to ancient Greece. It blends together the root "phantasma," meaning …
