PHANTASMAGORIA Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

phantasmagoria

noun

Definition of phantasmagoria

as in kaleidoscope

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Recent Examples of phantasmagoria More than ever before, Industry is a high-low phantasmagoria of decadence, amorality, and vice set in the pressure cooker of international finance. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026 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 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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Rebels with a Cause is our way of honoring the generations who made history and allowed us—young immigrants—to create a kaleidoscope of what was happening in America in the 1960s and 70s and witness their revolution up close.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Clarkson then returns to the front of the store and puts down the kaleidoscope before addressing an employee behind the counter.

— Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of kaleidoscope

Noun

Standing between the jury and a verdict are scores of hours of conflicting testimony, bitter recriminations, and a vast trove of unfiltered texts exchanged by two brilliant scientists.

— Chris Serres — Boston Globe, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026
But now, Batie-Smoose and her attorneys have escalated their fight with a trove of new allegations.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of trove

Noun

This is overseen by Frédéric Bourdelier, director of heritage and patrimony at Parfums Christian Dior, who pulled out museum-grade boxes to show samples from the treasure trove.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
That hasn’t stopped him from wanting to grow his treasure trove, though.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of treasure trove

Noun

Part of Borromeo’s mandate was to tighten the product assortment, boost the company’s profitability and return it back to its foundational values and DNA.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
The restaurant will sell an assortment of Korean rib, beef and bone soups.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of assortment

Noun

According to character descriptions provided by the streamer, Mantzoukas plays Lambros, a local store owner and occasional looter of the treasures unearthed at the dig site.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival is a treasure, and a public good Arkansans have reason to support.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026

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