The meaning of Illusion

Illusion – definition

noun
An instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience.
Usage examples:
Stripes embellish the surface to create the illusion of various wood-grain textures
Synonims:
Mirage Hallucination Apparition Phantasm Phantom Vision Spectre Fantasy Figment of the imagination Will-o'-the-wisp Trick of the light Ignis fatuus

noun
An idea or belief that is not true, or something that is not what it seems to be
Usage examples:
We have no illusions about how difficult the job will be., [ + that clause ] i was under the illusi…

Illusion translation into English

Illusion: translate from English into Chinese

错觉, 幻想, 幻象, 梦幻, 春梦, 幻景, 痴想

Illusion: translate from English into Dutch

Illusie, Begoocheling, Zinsbegoocheling, Zinsbedrog, Hersenschim, Droombeeld

Illusion: translate from English into French

Illusion

Illusion: translate from English into German

Illusion, Täuschung, Wahn, Trugbild, Einbildung, Vorstellung, Trug, Trügerische hoffnung

Illusion: translate from English into Hindi

मोह माया, भ्रम, माया, भ्रांति, मिथ्या, भरम, मोह, अयथार्थता, मोहिनी, छल, शक

Illusion: translate from English into Italian

Illusione, Lusinga, Allucinazione

Illusion: translate from English into Korean

환각

Illusion: translate from English into Russian

Иллюзия, Призрак, Мираж, Обман чувств, Прозрачная кисея, Тюль

Illusion: translate from English into Spanish

Espejismo, Apariencia, Imaginaciones, Ilusión de óptica

Word origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘deceiving, deception’): via Old French from Latin illusio(n- ), from illudere ‘to mock’, from in- ‘against’ + ludere ‘play’.

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Illusion synonims

apparition

noun
A ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
Usage examples:
A headless apparition

noun
Something you believe, imagine, or dream you see, esp. the form of a person; ghost

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fantasy

noun
The faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things.
Usage examples:
His researches had moved into the realms of fantasy

verb
Imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about.
Usage examples:
It is ludicrous to fantasy ‘disinventing’ the hydrogen bomb

noun
A pleasant but unlikely situation that you enjoy thinking about, or the activity of thinking in this way
Usage examples:
[ c ] writing songs was just a fantasy of mine., [ u ] she retreated from life into a world of fant…

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hallucination

noun
An experience involving the apparent perception of something not present.
Usage examples:
He continued to suffer from horrific hallucinations

noun
An experience in which you see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist, usually because you are ill or have taken a drug
Usage examples:
A high temperature can cause hallucinations., auditory/olfactory hallucinations, he was suffering f…

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mirage

noun
An optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air.
Usage examples:
The surface of the road ahead rippled in the heat mirages

noun
An image, produced by very hot air, of something that seems to be far away but does not really exist
Usage examples:
Up ahead she saw a slight shimmer that looked like water, a road mirage.

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phantasm

noun
An illusion, apparition, or ghost.
Usage examples:
The cart seemed to glide like a terrible phantasm

noun
Something that is seen or imagined but is not real

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phantom

noun
A ghost.
Usage examples:
A phantom who haunts lonely roads

noun
Something that appears or seems to exist but is not real or is imagined

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spectre

noun
A ghost.
Usage examples:
A dread of spectres and witches affected every aspect of daily life

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vision

noun
The faculty or state of being able to see.
Usage examples:
She had defective vision

verb
Imagine.
Usage examples:
We visioned a small lawn surrounded with a perfect tangle of trees

noun
The ability to see
Usage examples:
Good/impaired/blurred vision, we lack a vision of what love really is., the theater’s director is a…

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