hallucination

  • 51hallucination — 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… …

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  • 52hallucination — hal|lu|ci|na|tion [həˌlu:sıˈneıʃən] n [U and C] something which you imagine you can see or hear, but which is not really there, or the experience of this ▪ The patients suffered hallucinations caused by the drug …

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  • 53hallucination — hal|lu|ci|na|tion [ hə,lusn eıʃn ] noun count something that you think you can see or hear that is not really there, especially because of an illness or the effect of drugs a. uncount the experience of seeing or hearing something that is not… …

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  • 54hallucination — hal·lu·ci·na·tion || hə‚luːsɪ neɪʃn n. vision, imaginary perception, delusion …

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  • 55Hallucination —    See French Chronic Delusional States; Psychosis: Emergence; Schizophrenia: Emergence; Schizophrenia: Recent Concepts …

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  • 56hallucination — n. 1. Error, blunder, mistake, fallacy. 2. Illusion, delusion, self deception, phantasm, aberration. 3. (Med.) Illusion of sense, sensible delusion, subjective perception …

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  • 57hallucination — noun 1 (C, U) the experience of seeing or feeling something that is not really there 2 (C) something which you imagine you can see or hear, but which is not really there: drug induced hallucinations …

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  • 58hallucination — n 1. illusion, aberration, false conception, imagining, figment of the imagination, Inf. pink elephant; mirage, vision, dream, daydream, Psychol. fantasy, Sl. trip, delirium; phantom, phantasm, ghost, Inf. spook, apparition, specter, shade,… …

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  • 59hallucination — hal·lu·ci·na·tion …

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  • 60hallucination — n. a false perception of something that is not really there. Hallucinations may be visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory (of taste), or olfactory (of smell). They may be provoked by mental illness (such as schizophrenia or severe anxiety… …

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