hallucination
(noun) an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; “he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination”
delusion, hallucination
(noun) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; “he has delusions of competence”; “his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination”
hallucination
(noun) illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hallucination (countable and uncountable, plural hallucinations)
A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.
The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
Source: Wiktionary
Hal*lu`ci*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. hallucinatio cf. F. hallucination.]
1. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder. This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. Addison.
2. (Med.)
Definition: The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion. Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. W. A. Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
