Hallucination

English

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Etymology

Derives from verb to hallucinate, from Latin hallucinatus. Compare French hallucination. The first known usage in the English language is from Sir Thomas Browne.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /həˌluːsəˈneɪʃən/, SAMPA: /h@%lu:s@"neIS@n/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

Singular Hallucination

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Hallucination ({{{1}}})

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

   • Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. - W. A. Hammond

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

   • This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. - Joseph Addison

Translations

sensory perception of something that does not exist

Afrikaans: hallusinasie af(af) Arabic: هلوسة ar(ar) (hálwasa) f., وهم ar(ar) (wahm) m., انخداع ar(ar) (inkhidaa3) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 幻覺 cmn(cmn), 幻觉 cmn(cmn) (huànjiào), 幻想 cmn(cmn) (huànxiǎng) Czech: halucinace cs(cs) f. Finnish: aistiharha fi(fi), harha-aistimus fi(fi), hallusinaatio fi(fi) French: hallucination fr(fr) f., illusion fr(fr) f. German: Halluzination de(de) f., Wahnvorstellung de(de) f., Sinnestäuschung de(de) f., Illusion de(de) f. Greek: παραίσθηση el(el) (paraísthisi) f.

Japanese: 幻覚 ja(ja) (げんかく, genkaku), 幻想 ja(ja) (げんそう, gensō) Korean: 환각 ko(ko) (hwangak) (幻覺) Lithuanian: haliucinacija lt(lt) f. Portuguese: alucinação pt(pt) f. Russian: галлюцинация ru(ru) (galljucinácija) f., иллюзия ru(ru) (illjúzija) f., наваждение ru(ru) (navaždénije) n., глюк ru(ru) (gl'uk) m. (slang) Sotho: pono tse fosahetseng st(st) Spanish: alucinación es(es) f., ilusión es(es) f. Thai: ภาพลวงตา th(th) (paa pluang dtaa) Turkish: sanrı tr(tr), halüsinasyon tr(tr)

act of hallucinating

Afrikaans: hallusineer af(af) Finnish: harha-aistimus fi(fi), hallusinaatio fi(fi) Greek: παραίσθηση el(el) (paraísthisi) f.

Portuguese: alucinação pt(pt) f. Sotho: phofa st(st)

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Hindi: भ्रम (Bhram) Telugu: భ్రాంతి (bhraaMti), భ్రమ (bhrama)

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French

Pronunciation

• Template:Muteh IPA: /alysinasjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /alysinasjO~/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophones: hallucinations

Noun

Hallucination f. (plural Hallucinations)

1. hallucination

Related terms

• hallucinant
• hallucinatoire
• halluciné
• halluciner
• hallucinogène
• hallucinose

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