ψευδαίσθηση

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Etymology[edit]

From ψευδ- (psevd-, pseudo-) +‎ αίσθηση (aísthisi, feeling), on the model of παραίσθηση (paraísthisi).[1] First attested as Katharevousa ψευδαίσθησις (psevdaísthisis) in 1888.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pseˈvðe.sθi.si/
  • with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tim‿bzeˈvðe.sθi.si/
  • Hyphenation: ψευ‧δαί‧σθη‧ση

Noun[edit]

ψευδαίσθηση (psevdaísthisif (plural ψευδαισθήσεις)

  1. illusion, hallucination
  2. (psychology) delusion

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ψευδαίσθησηΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. ^ ψευδαίσθησις 88 [1888] p.1129, vol.2 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. [A collection of new words created by scholars from the fall of Constantinople until our times.] (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).

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