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Webster 1913 Edition
Hallucination
Hal-luˊci-na′tion
(-nā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[L.
hallucinatio
: cf. F. hallucination
.] 1.
The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.
This must have been the
hallucination
of the transcriber. Addison.
2.
(Med.)
The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.
Hallucinations
are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. W. A. Hammond.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hallucination
HALLUCINA'TION
,Noun.
1.
Error; blunder; mistake. [Little used.]2.
In medicine, faulty sense [dysaesthesia,] or erroneous imagination. Hallucinations of the senses, arise from some defect in the organs of sense, or from some unusual circumstances attending the object, as when it is seen by moonlight; and they are sometimes symptoms of general disease, as in fevers. Maniacal hallucinations arise from some imaginary or mistaken idea. Similar hallucinations occur in revery.Definition 2024
hallucination
hallucination
English
Noun
hallucination (plural hallucinations)
- A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.
- Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. - W. A. Hammond
- The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
- This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. - Joseph Addison
Translations
sensory perception of something that does not exist
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act of hallucinating
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French
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /alysinasjɔ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɔ̃
- Homophone: hallucinations
Noun
hallucination f (plural hallucinations)
Related terms
- hallucinant
- hallucinatoire
- halluciné
- halluciner
- hallucinogène
- hallucinose