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Synonyms for hallucination

Grammar : Noun
Spell : huh-loo-suh-ney-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : həˌlu səˈneɪ ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for hallucination
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Définition of hallucination

Origin :
  • in the pathological/psychological sense of "seeing or hearing something which is not there," 1640s, from Latin hallucinationem (nominative hallucinatio), from past participle stem of hallucinari (see hallucinate). Hallucination is distinct from illusion in not necessarily involving a false belief. Related: Hallucinations.
  • noun dream, delusion
Example sentences :
  • Absolute equality is an hallucination of the hunger-fever, nothing more.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • All at once, however, Claude fancied he was the victim of some hallucination.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • He could not believe that Spurling had ever come; it was all an hallucination.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • The simple matter is, dear madam, you have been under a hallucination all along.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • When he saw her approaching he always had a moment of hallucination.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • He took it to be the hallucination of a man weak with thirst.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • Could it be, or was the moon weaving some hallucination in his troubled brain?
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 » by Various
  • I could see that the poor fellow was under an hallucination.
  • Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
  • I am sure this minister was the victim of some kind of hallucination.
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • He must forget the hallucination that had worked so madly on his brain.
  • Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall

Antonyms for hallucination

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