illusion
See also: Illusion
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French illusion, from Latin illūsiō, from illūdere, from in- (“at, upon”) + lūdere (“to play, mock, trick”). Displaced native Old English dwimmer.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/
- (General American) enPR: ĭ-lo͞o'zhən, IPA(key): [ɪˈluː.ʒən]
- (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /ɪˈl(j)uːzj(ə)n/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːʒən
Noun
editillusion (countable and uncountable, plural illusions)
- (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
- We saw what looked like a tiger among the trees, but it was an illusion caused by the shadows of the branches.
- Using artificial additives, scientists can create the illusion of fruit flavours in food.
- 2002, “Do You Realize??”, performed by The Flaming Lips:
- You realize the sun don't go down it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round.
- (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her.
- (countable) A magician’s trick.
- (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
Synonyms
edit- (that seems to be something it is not): mirage, phantom
- (a belief in something untrue; the state of being misled): delusion
- (a belief in something untrue): misapprehension, misbelief, misconception
Derived terms
edit- argument from illusion
- barber pole illusion
- café wall illusion
- clustering illusion
- coffer illusion
- comparative illusion
- Cornsweet illusion
- cutaneous rabbit illusion
- Ebbinghaus illusion
- Ehrenstein illusion
- end-of-history illusion
- flash-lag illusion
- illusion cake
- illusionist
- illusory
- introspection illusion
- money illusion
- moon illusion
- Müller-Lyer illusion
- optical illusion
- Pinocchio illusion
- Poggendorff illusion
- Ponzo illusion
- somatogravic illusion
- stopped clock illusion
- Thatcher illusion
- under the illusion
- watercolor illusion
- White's illusion
- Zoellner illusion
- Zöllner illusion
Translations
editanything that seems to be something that it is not
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belief in something that is in fact not true
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magician's trick
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state of being misled or deceived
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Danish
editEtymology
editFrom French illusion, from Latin illūsio.
Noun
editillusion c (singular definite illusionen, plural indefinite illusioner)
Inflection
editDeclension of illusion
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | illusion | illusionen | illusioner | illusionerne |
genitive | illusions | illusionens | illusioners | illusionernes |
Further reading
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin illusiōnem.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editillusion f (plural illusions)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Danish: illusion
Further reading
edit- “illusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editillusion c
- an illusion
Declension
editDeclension of illusion
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editReferences
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