hallucination

hallucination
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. phantasm, phantom, mirage; fancy, delusion, chimera, illusion; deception. See error, imagination.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. illusion, phantasm, mirage, delusion; see dream , illusion 1 .
See Synonym Study at illusion .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
vision, illusion, hypnogogic image, delusion, fantasy, figment of the imagination, apparition, delirium, mirage, phantasmagoria.
WORD FIND
alcoholic’s: delirium tremens
amputee's false perception of limb: phantom limb pain
crossed senses: synesthesia
induces: hallucinogen
odor: phantosmia
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. An erroneous perception of reality: delusion, ignis fatuus, illusion, mirage, phantasm, phantasma, will-o'-the-wisp. See REAL. 2. An illusion of perceiving something that does not really exist: phantasmagoria, phantasmagory. Slang: trip. See REAL.

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  • hallucination — (n.) in the pathological/psychological sense of seeing or hearing something which is not there, 1640s, from L. hallucinationem (nom. hallucinatio), from pp. stem of hallucinari (see HALLUCINATE (Cf. hallucinate)). Hallucination is distinct from… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • hallucination — index figment, insanity, phantom Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hallucination — • hallucination, sinnesvilla, synvilla, skenbild, inbillning, illusion, drömbild, irrbild • inbillning, fantasi, illusion, dröm, villfarelse, fiktion …   Svensk synonymlexikon

  • hallucination — *delusion, mirage, illusion Analogous words: *apparition, phantasm, phantom, wraith: fantasy, *fancy, vision, dream, nightmare …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • hallucination — [n] dream, delusion aberration, apparition, fantasy, figment of the imagination*, head trip*, illusion, mirage, phantasm, phantasmagoria, phantom, trip*, vision, wraith; concepts 529,532,690 Ant. experience, fact, reality, truth …   New thesaurus

  • hallucination — [hə lo͞o΄si nā′shən] n. [L hallucinatio < hallucinari: see HALLUCINATE] 1. the apparent perception of sights, sounds, etc. that are not actually present: it may occur in certain mental disorders 2. the imaginary object apparently seen, heard,… …   English World dictionary

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