phantasmatic

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phantasmatic

/fantəzˈmatɪk/ UK

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From Late Latin phantasmaticus.

adjective more phantasmatic · most phantasmatic

Phantasmal, incorporeal. The recourse to the unconscious as a source of subversion makes sense, it seems, only if the paternal law is understood as a rigid and universal determinism which makes of ‘identity’ a fixed and phantasmatic affair.

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@misc{phantasmatic_2026,
  title = {phantasmatic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phantasmatic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}