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Illusion — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fake adjective Not genuine; made to look real in order to deceive.
  • hallucination noun A false perception of something that isn't really there, often caused by illness, drugs, or extreme stress.
  • illusion noun A false or misleading impression created by something that appears real.

Senses

Illusion is used for these senses in English:

  • hallucination A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
  • illusion (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
  • illusion (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.

fake — full definition

  1. adjective Not genuine; made to look real in order to deceive.
  2. noun An object, person, or claim that is not what it appears to be.
  3. verb To make something appear real or true when it isn't; to pretend.

hallucination — full definition

  1. noun A false perception of something that isn't really there, often caused by illness, drugs, or extreme stress.
  2. noun A confidently stated but false piece of information generated by an AI system.

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