hallucination - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hallucination' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hallucination

[ n.]

- The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.
- 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.

Meaning of 'hallucination' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hallucination

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea

Example in sentence:

he has delusions of competence;
his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination

Meaning (2):
- an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode

Example in sentence:

he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination

Nearby Words:

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Hallucination
Hallucination means a perceptual illusion of a vivid experience that has no apparent reality in the external world. Usually associated with psychosis, though

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