ILLUSION
\ɪlˈuːʒən], \ɪlˈuːʒən], \ɪ_l_ˈuː_ʒ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ILLUSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
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the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
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something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
By Princeton University
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an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
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the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
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something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.
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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.
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A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.
By Oddity Software
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Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.
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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.
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A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Deceptive appearance; false show; hallucination; tulle; delicate lace for veils.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A false perception, the mistaking of something for what it is not. When this illusion is fixed and cannot be removed by evidence to the contrary it becomes a delusion.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Deceived by appearances; incorrect perception.
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The misapprehension or false interpretation of external objects which really exist.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision ; deceptive appearance ;-deception ; chimera ; fallacy ; error ; hallucination.
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Mockery, false show, counterfeit appearance, errour.
By Thomas Sheridan
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