Definition of Hallucination

1. Noun. Illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder.


2. Noun. A mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea. "His dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
Exact synonyms: Delusion
Generic synonyms: Misconception
Specialized synonyms: Disorientation, Freak Out
Derivative terms: Delude, Delusional, Hallucinate

3. Noun. An object perceived during a hallucinatory episode. "He refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"
Generic synonyms: Object
Derivative terms: Hallucinate

Definition of Hallucination

1. n. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.

Definition of Hallucination

1. Noun. A sensory perception of something that does not exist, arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion. ¹

2. Noun. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hallucination

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hallucination

1. A false perception occurring without any true sensory stimulus. Origin: L. Hallucinatio, Gr. Alyein = to wander in the mind (29 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hallucination

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Literary usage of Hallucination

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"But that the hypnotized subject does really experience hallucinations seems to be proved by the cases in which it is possible to make the hallucination, ..."

2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"In a sense this state is a delusion, but delusion differs from hallucination in that it originates at the other extremity of the chain of consciousness in ..."

3. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1895)
"Reviewing the conditions under which hallucination is apt to occur, ... The way in which dissociation facilitates hallucination is according to Herr P., ..."

4. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"The hallucination which occurs in a half-waking, half-sleeping condition. ... A hallucination which is purely mental, having no relation to any supposed ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1890)
"The results of the experiments neither contradicted nor affirmed those ot Salpetriere. CONCERNING MOTOR Hallucination. (Notes by Prof. ..."

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