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Webster 1913 Edition
Illusion
1.
An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.
To cheat the eye with blear
illusions
. Milton.
2.
Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charming; enchantment; witchery; glamour.
Ye soft
illusions
, dear deceits, arise! Pope.
3.
(Physiol.)
A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.
☞ Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and hallucination, regarding the former as originating with some external object, and the latter as having no objective occasion whatever.
Syn. – Delusion; mockery; deception; chimera; fallacy. See
Delusion
. Illusion
, Delusion
. Illusion refers particularly to errors of the sense; delusion to false hopes or deceptions of the mind. An optical deception is an illusion; a false opinion is a delusion. E. Edwards.
Webster 1828 Edition
Illusion
ILLU'SION
,Noun.
Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise!
Definition 2024
Illusion
Illusion
See also: illusion
German
Noun
Illusion f (genitive Illusion, plural Illusionen)
Declension
Declension of Illusion
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Illusion | die | Illusionen |
| genitive | einer | der | Illusion | der | Illusionen |
| dative | einer | der | Illusion | den | Illusionen |
| accusative | eine | die | Illusion | die | Illusionen |
illusion
illusion
See also: Illusion
English
Noun
illusion (countable and uncountable, plural illusions)
- (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
- We saw what looked like a tiger among the trees, but it was an illusion caused by the shadows of the branches.
- Using artificial additives, scientists can create the illusion of fruit flavours in food.
- 2002, The Flaming Lips, Do You Realize??
- You realize the sun don't go down it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round.
- (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her.
- (countable) A magician’s trick.
- (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
Synonyms
- (the state of being deceived or misled): misapprehension
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Translations
anything that seems to be something that it is not
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belief in something that is in fact not true
magician's trick
state of being misled or deceived
See also
Danish
Etymology
From French illusion, from Latin illūsio.
Noun
illusion c (singular definite illusionen, plural indefinite illusioner)
Inflection
Inflection of illusion
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | illusion | illusionen | illusioner | illusionerne |
| genitive | illusions | illusionens | illusioners | illusionernes |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ly.zjɔ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɔ̃
- Homophone: illusions
Noun
illusion f (plural illusions)
Related terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪlɵˈɧuːn/
Noun
illusion c
- an illusion
Declension
| Inflection of illusion | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | illusion | illusionen | illusioner | illusionerna |
| Genitive | illusions | illusionens | illusioners | illusionernas |
Related terms
- illusorisk
See also
- illustration
- illustrera
- synvilla
- trick