hallucinations

[huh-loo-suh-ney-shuhn]

hal·lu·ci·na·tion

[huh-loo-suh-ney-shuhn]
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.
2.
the sensation caused by a hallucinatory condition or the object or scene visualized.
3.
a false notion, belief, or impression; illusion; delusion.

Origin:
1640–50; < Latin hallūcinātiōn- (stem of (h)allūcinātiō) a wandering of the mind. See hallucinate, -ion

hal·lu·ci·na·tion·al, hal·lu·ci·na·tive [huh-loo-suh-ney-tiv, -nuh-tiv] , adjective
non·hal·lu·ci·na·tion, noun

allusion, delusion, elusion, hallucination, illusion (see synonym note at illusion).


1. phantasm, aberration. See illusion.

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