apparition; illusion; hallucination

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• illusion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. delusion, hallucination, vision, apparition; chimera, mirage, bubble, figment [of the mind or imagination]; dream, fool s paradise; misconception, self delusion, error; legerdemain. See deception. II… …   English dictionary for students

• hallucination — [ a(l)lysinasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1660; lat. hallucinatio 1 ♦ Méd. Perception pathologique de faits, d objets qui n existent pas, de sensations en l absence de tout stimulus extérieur. ⇒ illusion, onirisme, rêve. Hallucinations visuelles (⇒ mirage,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• apparition — apparition, phantasm, phantom, wraith, ghost, spirit, specter, shade, revenant mean a visible but immaterial appearance of a person or thing, especially a likeness of a dead person or of a person or thing that is not physically present.… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• illusion — I (deception) noun aberration, distortion, fallacy, false impression, misbelief, misconception, prestidigitation II (impression) noun apparition, artifice, chimera, daydream, deception, delusion, dream, figment, hallucination, masquerade, mirage …   Law dictionary

• illusion — [n] false appearance; false belief apparition, bubble*, chimera, confusion, daydream, deception, déjè vu*, delusion, error, fallacy, false impression, fancy, fantasy,  figment of imagination*, fool’s paradise*, ghost, hallucination, head trip*,… …   New thesaurus

• hallucination — *delusion, mirage, illusion Analogous words: *apparition, phantasm, phantom, wraith: fantasy, *fancy, vision, dream, nightmare …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• hallucination — [n] dream, delusion aberration, apparition, fantasy, figment of the imagination*, head trip*, illusion, mirage, phantasm, phantasmagoria, phantom, trip*, vision, wraith; concepts 529,532,690 Ant. experience, fact, reality, truth …   New thesaurus

• apparition — [n] ghost bogeyman, bump in the night*, chimera, delusion, hallucination, haunt, illusion, phantasm, phantom, revenant, specter, spirit, spook, visitant; concepts 370,689 Ant. animate, being …   New thesaurus

• apparition —    Also known as apparitional experience. Both terms stem from the Latin verb apparere,which means to appear or to manifest (itself). The term apparition has various connotations, the most important of which are (1) a visual illusion or… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• hallucination — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. phantasm, phantom, mirage; fancy, delusion, chimera, illusion; deception. See error, imagination. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. illusion, phantasm, mirage, delusion; see dream , illusion 1 . See Synonym… …   English dictionary for students

• illusion — noun 1) he had destroyed her illusions Syn: delusion, misapprehension, misconception, false impression; fantasy, fancy, dream, chimera; fool s paradise, self deception 2) the lighting increases the illusion of depth Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words