hallucination
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səˈneɪ 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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World English Dictionary
hallucination (həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| the alleged perception of an object when no object is present, occurring under hypnosis, in some mental disorders, etc | |
| halluci'national | |
| —adj | |
| hal'lucinative | |
| —adj | |
| hal'lucinatory | |
| —adj | |
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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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Example sentences
Is this the dream, or is this the hallucination that one is doing well.
Walk a few hundred yards southeast along the coast and face what appears to be an hallucination.
He said it was not a hallucination from an oxygen starved brain.
The uncertainty about what is hallucination and what is real exemplifies the world of the psychotic.
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