hallucination

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
3. (countable, uncountable) A confident but incorrect response given by an artificial intelligence; a confabulation.

Sinonieme

illusion

delusion

vision

fancy

optical illusion

imagination

phantasm

fantasy

freak out

mental error

chimera

disillusion

mirage

obsession

phantom

self deception

visual hallucination

apparition

Vertalings

hallucination

alucinación

allucinazione

Halluzination

alucinação

hallucinatie

παραίσθηση

Sinnestäuschung

al·lucinació

illusion

halüsinasyon

αυταπάτη

sanrı

ilusión

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Frans: hallucination

In summary

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