Illusion

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An erroneous perception of reality.
  • noun. An erroneous concept or belief.
  • noun. The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief.
  • noun. Something that is erroneously perceived or construed.
  • noun. A fine transparent net fabric, used for dresses or trimmings.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. That which illudes or deceives; an unreal vision presented to the bodily or mental eye; deceptive appearance; false show.
  • noun. Specifically In psychology, a false perception due to the modification of a true perception by the imagination: distinguished from false appearances due to the imperfection of the bodily organs of sense, such as irradiation, and from hallucinations, into which no true perception enters. See hallucination, 2.
  • noun. The act of deceiving or imposing upon any one; deception; delusion; mockery.
  • noun. A thin and very transparent kind of tulle.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. In the pictorial arts, an imitation of the appearance of nature which is intended to create the impression of reality.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.
  • noun. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charming; enchantment; witchery; glamour.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
  • noun. A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
  • noun. A magician’s trick.
  • noun. this sense?) (uncountable) The fact of being an illusion (in any of the above senses).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an erroneous mental representation
  • noun. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
  • noun. something many people believe that is false
  • noun. the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
  • Word Usage
    "Of course the symptoms are occurring: the term illusion refers to our interpretation of the meaning of the physical symptoms, not the existence of physical symptoms per se."
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