phantomize
verbEtymology From phantom + -ize.
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Dated, Derogatory To make phantom-like or spiritual, or transport into a ghostly realm.
- Do not phantomize the Redeemer when you want him in very deed.1883, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Sermons of Rev. C. H. Spurgeon of London, page 488:
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Sciences To remove (a goal in a model) from consideration by ensuring it is achieved in advance.
- Derived terms
- phantomizer
- Related terms
- phantomization