From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishphantasmagoriaphan‧tas‧ma‧go‧ri‧a /ˌfæntæzməˈɡɒriə $ fænˌtæzməˈɡɔːriə/ noun [countable] literaryCONFUSED a scene that is confused, changing, and strange, like something from a dream —phantasmagorical /-ˈɡɒrɪkəl $ -ˈɡɔː-/ adjective
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phantasmagoria• The product of wishful and naive thinking - nothing but a cruel deceit: a phantasmagoria.• Soon enough, however, Pelevin veers off into his trademark philosophical phantasmagoria.• Quirky buildings are often just that: oddballs, curios, rococo phantasmagoria that quickly pall.• This phantasmagoria is not entirely original.Origin phantasmagoria (1800-1900) French phantasme (from Old French fantasme; → PHANTASM) + -agorie (probably from Greek ageirein “to collect together”) 