il'lusionary
World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | a false appearance or deceptive impression of reality: the mirror gives an illusion of depth |
| 2. | a false or misleading perception or belief; delusion: he has the illusion that he is really clever |
| 3. | psychol See also hallucination a perception that is not true to reality, having been altered subjectively in some way in the mind of the perceiver |
| 4. | a very fine gauze or tulle used for trimmings, veils, etc |
| [C14: from Latin illūsiō deceit, from illūdere; see | |
| il'lusionary | |
| —adj | |
| il'lusional | |
| —adj | |
| il'lusioned | |
| —adj | |
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