ghost story

noun

1
: a story about ghosts
2
: a tale based on imagination rather than fact

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Casper may be looked back on as simply a sweet, kid-friendly ghost story, but its sensibility is way more forward-thinking in its storytelling. Steve Daly, EW.com, 26 May 2025 As the building has deteriorated, ghost stories about the site have surged. Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025 Young adult author Christina Li makes her adult literary debut with a gothic ghost story for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Shannon Carlin, Time, 1 May 2025 Currently in its first full season since the pandemic, the company staged a play about book banning in 1950s Alabama at two Chicago booksellers last fall, followed by a holiday production of Victorian ghost stories at the Driehaus Museum’s 19th-century mansion. Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ghost story

Word History

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of ghost story was in 1730

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“Ghost story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost%20story. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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