hallucination

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  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.

Têgeh

şipeste

Pircarînî

C2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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.

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