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Wahnvorstellung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • delusion noun A firmly held false belief, maintained even against clear evidence.
  • 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

Wahnvorstellung is used for these senses in English:

  • delusion That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
  • 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.

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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