ignes fatui

noun

plural of ignis fatuus
as in pipe dreams

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  1. pipe dreams
  2. mirages
Noun
  • Arendt then cited Wilhelm Marr’s Sieg des Judentums über das Germanentum (The Victory of Judaism over Teutonism, 1869), thus lining up all the antisemitic pipe dreams that came close to fulfillment.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Information posited, while noting that since 2020, Meta’s Reality Lab division has lost $87 billion chasing metaverse pipe dreams.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Definition of pipe dreams
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  • The problems with mail ballots These easily explained mirages don’t necessarily mean that mail-ballot fraud is a nonissue and that there is nothing to be concerned about.
    — Andrew E. Busch, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
  • These wall drawings—at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, in 2024; the Art Institute of Chicago, in 2025; and Houston’s Menil Collection, in 2025—were all temporary, like frolicsome mirages.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Definition of mirages
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“Ignes fatui.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignes%20fatui. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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