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Illusion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Illusion? [n] an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [n] the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas [n] something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" [n] an erroneous mental representation Synonyms \| Synonyms for Illusion: conjuration \| conjuring trick \| deception \| delusion \| fancy \| fantasy \| head game \| legerdemain \| magic \| magic trick \| phantasy \| semblance \| trick Related Terms \| Find terms related to Illusion: aberrancy \| aberration \| air \| airy nothing \| apparition \| appearance \| bamboozlement \| bedevilment \| befooling \| bewitchery \| bewitchment \| bluffing \| brainchild \| bubble \| calculated deception \| captivation \| chimera \| circumvention \| conning \| deceiving \| deception \| deceptiveness \| defectiveness \| defrauding \| delirium \| delusion \| delusiveness \| deviancy \| distortion \| dream \| dupery \| eidolon \| enchantment \| enmeshment \| ensnarement \| entanglement \| entrancement \| entrapment \| errancy \| erroneousness \| error \| ether \| fallaciousness \| fallacy \| falseness \| falsity \| fancy \| fantasque \| fantasy \| fascination \| fault \| faultiness \| fiction \| figment \| flaw \| flawedness \| flimflam \| flimflammery \| fond illusion \| fooling \| hallucination \| hamartia \| heresy \| heterodoxy \| hoodwinking \| idle fancy \| ignis fatuus \| imagery \| imagination \| imagining \| insubstantial image \| invention \| kidding \| maggot \| make-believe \| maya \| mirage \| misapplication \| misapprehension \| misconception \| misconstruction \| misdoing \| misfeasance \| misinterpretation \| misjudgment \| mist \| mistake \| myth \| obsession \| outwitting \| overreaching \| peccancy \| perversion \| phantasm \| phantasmagoria \| phantom \| pipe \| pipe dream \| possession \| putting on \| rainbow \| romance \| seeming \| self-contradiction \| self-deception \| semblance \| shadow \| sick fancy \| sin \| sinfulness \| smoke \| snow job \| song and dance \| spirit \| spoofery \| spoofing \| subterfuge \| swindling \| thick-coming fancies \| thin air \| trickiness \| tricking \| trip \| unorthodoxy \| untrueness \| untruth \| untruthfulness \| vapor \| victimization \| vision \| whim \| whimsy \| wildest dreams \| willful misconception \| wishful thinking \| witchery \| wrong \| wrongness See Also \| apparition \| appearance \| bubble \| card trick \| deceit \| dissembling \| dissimulation \| ignis fatuus \| irradiation \| misconception \| performance \| phantom \| phantom limb \| prestidigitation \| shadow \| sleight of hand \| will-o'-the-wisp \| wishful thinking Illusion In Webster's Dictionary \Il*lu"sion\, n. [F. illusion, L. illusio, fr. illudere, illusum, to illude. See {Illude}.] 1. An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination. To cheat the eye with blear illusions. --Milton. 2. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour. Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise! --Pope. 3. (Physiol.) A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder. Note: Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and hallucination, regarding the former as originating with some external object, and the latter as having no objective occasion whatever. 4. A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc. Syn: Delusion; mockery; deception; chimera; fallacy. See {Delusion}. {Illusion}, {Delusion}. Illusion refers particularly to errors of the sense; delusion to false hopes or deceptions of the mind. An optical deception is an illusion; a false opinion is a delusion. --E. Edwards.

Illusion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Illusion?

[n] an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
[n] the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
[n] something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
[n] an erroneous mental representation

Illusion In Webster's Dictionary

\Il*lu"sion\, n. [F. illusion, L. illusio, fr.
illudere, illusum, to illude. See {Illude}.]
1. An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision;
   a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery;
   hallucination.

         To cheat the eye with blear illusions. --Milton.

2. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning;
   enchantment; witchery; glamour.

         Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise! --Pope.

3. (Physiol.) A sensation originated by some external object,
   but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous
   perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for
   thunder.

Note: Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and
      hallucination, regarding the former as originating with
      some external object, and the latter as having no
      objective occasion whatever.

4. A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils,
   scarfs, dresses, etc.

Syn: Delusion; mockery; deception; chimera; fallacy. See
     {Delusion}. {Illusion}, {Delusion}. Illusion refers
     particularly to errors of the sense; delusion to false
     hopes or deceptions of the mind. An optical deception is
     an illusion; a false opinion is a delusion. --E.
     Edwards.

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