Antonyms for illusions
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-loo-zhuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlu ʒən |
Definition of illusions
Origin :- mid-14c., "act of deception," from Old French illusion "a mocking, deceit, deception" (12c.), from Latin illusionem (nominative illusio) "a mocking, jesting, irony," from illudere "mock at," literally "to play with," from assimilated form of in- "at, upon" (see in- (2)) + ludere "to play" (see ludicrous). Sense of "deceptive appearance" developed in Church Latin and was attested in English by late 14c. Related: Illusioned "full of illusions" (1920).
- noun false appearance; false belief
- Then came that man, he filled her heart with illusions, and took her away in my absence.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- There were no illusions in the mind of Andrew Lanning about what lay before him.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Some illusions, and this among them, are the shadows of great truths.
- Extract from : « Sunday at Home (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- As we get along in years we lose our illusions—some of them, not all, thank God.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- You've lost a lot of illusions, of course, but perhaps you've gained ideals.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It was the Eternal Grace which had pity upon her, and restored her illusions.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- His nature was one that is not easily accessible to illusions.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- These illusions spring from misinterpretation of Scripture language.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- I have no illusions, they will end by catching me again, all the same.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- I have no illusions about the magnitude of the job, of its practical hopelessness.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
Synonyms for illusions
- apparition
- bubble
- chimera
- confusion
- daydream
- deception
- déjà vu
- delusion
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment of imagination
- fool's paradise
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- hocus-pocus
- idolism
- ignus fatuus
- image
- invention
- make-believe
- mirage
- misapprehension
- misbelief
- misconception
- misimpression
- mockery
- myth
- optical illusion
- paramnesia
- phantasm
- pipe dream
- rainbow
- seeming
- semblance
- trip
- virtual reality
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