hallucination
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Derives from verb to hallucinate, from Latin hallucinatus. Compare French hallucination. The first known usage in the English language is from Sir Thomas Browne.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
hallucination (plural hallucinations)
- A sensory perception of something that does not exist, arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.
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- Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. - W. A. Hammond
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- The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
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- This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. - Joseph Addison
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Translations [edit]
sensory perception of something that does not exist
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act of hallucinating
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French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (mute h) IPA: /alysinasjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /alysinasjO~/
- Rhymes: -ɔ̃
- Homophone: hallucinations
Noun [edit]
hallucination f (plural hallucinations)
