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иллюзия — meaning in English

illyuziya

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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

иллюзия is used for these senses in English:

  • delusion The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
  • 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 (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.

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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