ILLUSION

delusion, illusion, head game

(noun) the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy

(noun) something many people believe that is false; “they have the illusion that I am very wealthy”

illusion, semblance

(noun) an erroneous mental representation

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

illusion (countable and uncountable, plural illusions)

(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.

(countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.

(countable) A magician’s trick.

(uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.

Synonym: misapprehension

Source: Wiktionary

Il*lu"sion, n. Etym: [F. illusion, L. illusio, fr. illudere, illusum, to illude. See Illude.]

1. An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination. To cheat the eye with blear illusions. Milton.

2. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour. Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise! Pope.

3. (Physiol.)

Definition: A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.

Note: Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and hallucination, regarding the former as originating with some external object, and the latter as having no objective occasion whatever.

4. A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.

Syn.

– Delusion; mockery; deception; chimera; fallacy. See Delusion. Illusion, Delusion. Illusion refers particularly to errors of the sense; delusion to false hopes or deceptions of the mind. An optical deception is an illusion; a false opinion is a delusion. E. Edwards.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

ILLUSION

Etymology

Noun

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