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noun
1.
a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
3.
a false notion, belief, or impression; illusion; delusion.
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Hallucination
has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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Example Sentences
- The uncertainty about what is hallucination and what is real exemplifies the world of the psychotic.
- His symptoms were chiefly auditory hallucination and paranoid ideation.
- The hallucination that he could jump back to camp is a typical manifestation of that ailment.
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Medical Dictionary
hallucination hal·lu·ci·na·tion (hə-l&oomacr;'sə-nā'shən)
n.
False or distorted perception of objects or events with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or drug.
The objects or events so perceived.
hal·lu'ci·nate' v.
hal·lu'ci·na'tion·al or hal·lu'ci·na'tive adj.
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Cultural Dictionary
hallucination definition
A false perception that appears to be real, as when, for example, a man dying of thirst in a desert thinks that he sees a lake. (See also delusion.)
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