Phantasmagoria (noun)
fant-az-mu-gor-e-a
A sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream.
Originally the name of a London exhibition (1802) of optical illusions produced chiefly by magic lantern: probably from French fantasmagorie.
Example sentences
“The whole evening was a phantasmagoria of horror and mystery.”
“Mere words could never capture the phantasmagoria of our dreamscape.”
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