noun
A visual or written representation of something that is elusive or imagined, capturing an idea, memory, or concept that is difficult to fully grasp or define. It refers to the depiction of fleeting or intangible thoughts in a tangible form.
Etymology:
A combination of “phantia,” derived from “phantom” (something elusive or imagined), and “graph,” from Greek graphein (to write or draw), indicating the representation of an elusive concept.
Example Sentence:
Her painting was a phantiagraph of her childhood memories, abstract and hard to pin down, but evocative of emotions long past.