Hallucination Definition & Meaning

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Hallucination

Hallucination Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hallucination? [n] an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination" [n] a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination" [n] illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hallucination: delusion Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hallucination: aberration \| agnosia \| apparition \| bamboozlement \| befooling \| block \| blocking \| bluffing \| brainchild \| bubble \| calculated deception \| chimera \| circumvention \| conning \| deceiving \| deception \| deceptiveness \| defrauding \| delirium \| delirium tremens \| delusion \| delusion of persecution \| delusiveness \| disorientation \| dream \| dupery \| eidolon \| enmeshment \| ensnarement \| entanglement \| entrapment \| fallaciousness \| fallacy \| falseness \| fancy \| fantasque \| fantasy \| fata morgana \| fiction \| figment \| flight of ideas \| flimflam \| flimflammery \| fond illusion \| fooling \| ghost \| hallucinosis \| hoodwinking \| idle fancy \| illusion \| imagery \| imagination \| imagining \| insubstantial image \| invention \| kidding \| maggot \| make-believe \| mental block \| mental confusion \| mind-expansion \| mirage \| myth \| nihilism \| nihilistic delusion \| outwitting \| overreaching \| paralogia \| phantasm \| phantom \| psychological block \| putting on \| romance \| self-deception \| sick fancy \| snow job \| song and dance \| spoofery \| spoofing \| subterfuge \| swindling \| thick-coming fancies \| trickiness \| tricking \| trip \| tripping \| vapor \| victimization \| vision \| whim \| whimsy \| wildest dreams \| willful misconception \| wishful thinking \| wraith See Also \| acousma \| auditory hallucination \| delusion \| disorientation \| freak out \| misconception \| object \| pseudohallucination \| psychotic belief \| trip \| visual hallucination Hallucination In Webster's Dictionary \Hallu`cina"tion\, n. [L. hallucinatio: cf. F. hallucination.] 1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder. This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. --Addison. 2. (Med.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion. Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. --W. A. Hammond.

Hallucination Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hallucination?

[n] an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"
[n] a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
[n] illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hallucination: delusion

Hallucination In Webster's Dictionary

\Hal*lu`ci*na"tion\, n. [L. hallucinatio: cf. F.
hallucination.]
1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error;
   mistake; a blunder.

         This must have been the hallucination of the
         transcriber.                          --Addison.



2. (Med.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or
   of sensations which have no corresponding external cause,
   arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in
   delirium tremens; delusion.

         Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral
         derangement and are common phenomena of insanity.
                                               --W. A.
                                               Hammond.

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