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Antonyms for hallucinatory

Grammar : Adj
Spell : huh-loo-suh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
Phonetic Transcription : həˈlu sə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i


Definition of hallucinatory

Origin :
  • 1830, from hallucinat-, past participle stem of Latin hallucinari (see hallucinate) + -ory.
  • adj illusive
Example sentences :
  • She had insight into the hallucinatory nature of these visions.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • There are no hallucinatory phases in the conditions or causes.
  • Extract from : « Visual Illusions » by Matthew Luckiesh
  • Or again, the sounds may be hallucinatory and only some mortals may have the power of hearing them.
  • Extract from : « Cock Lane and Common-Sense » by Andrew Lang
  • It seems to have been hallucinatory, otherwise all would have shared the experience.
  • Extract from : « Cock Lane and Common-Sense » by Andrew Lang
  • The first wish must have been an hallucinatory occupation of the memory for gratification.
  • Extract from : « Dream Psychology » by Sigmund Freud
  • Thyræus now raises the difficult question: ‘Are the sounds heard in haunted houses real, or hallucinatory?’
  • Extract from : « Cock Lane and Common-Sense » by Andrew Lang
  • Breakdown of theory of Telepathy, when hallucinatory figure causes changes in physical objects.
  • Extract from : « Cock Lane and Common-Sense » by Andrew Lang
  • A nascent malady of the ear may produce buzzings, and these may develop into hallucinatory voices.
  • Extract from : « Cock Lane and Common-Sense » by Andrew Lang
  • Imagination-images may be carried to a hallucinatory pitch by good visualisers.
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers
  • There are a few cases where the percipient seems to see a hallucinatory figure behind him, out of the range of optical vision.
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers

Synonyms for hallucinatory

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