Phantom

Phantom (noun)

: the soul of a dead person thought of as living in an unseen world or as appearing to living people
: something that is not real and exists only in a person’s mind
: something that is hard to see or achieve

Full Definition
1 a : something apparent to sense but with no substantial existence
b : something elusive or visionary
c : an object of continual dread or abhorrence
2 : something existing in appearance only
3 : a representation of something abstract, ideal, or incorporeal

Phantom (adjective) 

: coming from or associated with the world of ghosts
: not real or true or not based on something real or true
: not real but felt or experienced as something real

Full Definition
1 : of the nature of, suggesting, or being a phantom
2 : fictitious, dummy

Source: Merriam-Webster

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