Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.

    Halluzination, Wahnvorstellung, Sinnestäuschung

    галлюцина́цияgalljucinácija, иллю́зияilljúzija, наважде́ниеnavaždénije

    галюцина́ціяhaljucynácija

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.

    Halluzinieren

  3. (countable, uncountable)A confident but incorrect response given by an artificial intelligence; a confabulation.

More definitions
  • an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode
  • illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
  • a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea

Examples

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  1. Carbon monoxide poisoning can cause hallucinations.

    ruОтравление угарным газом может вызвать галлюцинации.

    deEine Kohlenmonoxidvergiftung kann Halluzinationen hervorrufen.

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  2. I had the weirdest hallucinations.

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  3. I had the strangest hallucinations.

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  4. Have you ever had hallucinations?

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  5. Have you been having hallucinations?

    deHast du in letzter Zeit Halluzinationen?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sensory perception of something that does not exist:
Русский
By meaning 1
sensory perception of something that does not exist:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
sensory perception of something that does not exist:
act of hallucinating:

Origin

From hallucinate + -ion, from Latin hallucinatus. Compare French hallucination. The first

From hallucinate + -ion, from Latin hallucinatus. Compare French hallucination. The first known usage in the English language is from Sir Thomas Browne.

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