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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Noun

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

Washington wants access to Brazil’s vast trove of rare earths to reduce its defense industry’s reliance on China.

— Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
In July, a trove of users’ seemingly private conversations with Anthropic’s Claude showed up in Google search results.

— Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of trove

Noun

All of these came from the family’s own archives, a treasure trove that shows the focus on craftsmanship that is almost genetic to the Prada clan.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Dozens of eclectic objects, like stone buddhas and African masks, that Comini procured from his travels, complete the treasure trove look.

— Jaclyn DeGiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of treasure trove

Noun

Developed with creative chairman Reed Krakoff and design teams in New York and Bali, the assortment splices the siblings’ contrasting aesthetics with John Hardy’s longstanding tradition of handcraft.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Now, a deeper look suggests a much broader assortment of material from the outside world — silica, metals, soot and other debris — is getting through.

— Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of assortment

Noun

Cadogan comes from a family that knows dirt can be full of treasure.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Harrison added that among the treasures in the collection are personal photos that haven’t left the band’s archive in more than 40 years, as well as album sketches and other rare keepsakes.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2026

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