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hallucination
(redirected from haptic hallucination)

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hal·lu·ci·na·tion  (h-ls-nshn)
n.
1.
a. Perception of visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external stimulus and with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or as a response to a drug.
b. The objects or events so perceived.
2. A false or mistaken idea; a delusion.

hal·luci·nation·al, hal·luci·native adj.

hallucination [həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən]
n
(Psychology) the alleged perception of an object when no object is present, occurring under hypnosis, in some mental disorders, etc.
hallucinational , hallucinative, hallucinatory adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hallucinationhallucination - illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
delusion, psychotic belief - (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
acousma, auditory hallucination - illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds
pseudohallucination - an image vivid enough to be a hallucination but recognized as unreal
trip - a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; "an acid trip"
visual hallucination - illusory visual perception
2.hallucination - a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
misconception - an incorrect conception
disorientation, freak out - a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
3.hallucination - an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"
object - the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"

hallucination
noun illusion, dream, vision, fantasy, delusion, mirage, apparition, smoke and mirrors, phantasmagoria, figment of the imagination Perhaps the footprint was a hallucination.
Translations
hallucination [həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən] Nalucinación f

hallucination [həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən] n
(= experience) → hallucination f
(= thing imagined) → hallucination f

hallucination
n
(inf: = false idea) → Wahnvorstellung f

hallucination [həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃn] nallucinazione f
hallucination [həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃn] nallucinazione f

hallucination
n hallucination [həluːsiˈneiʃən]
the seeing of something that is not really there He had hallucinations after he took drugs. halusinasie, oëverblindery هَذَيان، هَلْوَسَه халюцинация halucinace hallucination die Halluzination παραίσθηση alucinación viirastus توهم hallusinaatio hallucination הֲזָיָה मतिभ्रम halucinacija, tlapnja hallucináció halusinasi ofskynjun allucinazione 幻覚 환각 haliucinacija halucinācija halusinasi hallucinatie, zinsbegoocheling hallusinasjon, syn(er) halucynacja alucinação halu­ci­na­ţie галлюцинация halucinácia, vidina privid halucinacija hallucination อาการประสาทหลอน sanrı, hayal (görme) 幻覺 галюцинація غیر موجود شے کے وجود کا احساس یا وہم ảo giác


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