Definitions for Hallucination
həˌlu səˈneɪ ʃənhal·lu·ci·na·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hallucinationnoun

   illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

2. delusion, hallucinationnoun

   a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea

   "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"

3. hallucinationnoun

   an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode

   "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hallucinationnoun

   A sensory perception of something that does not exist, arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.

2. hallucinationnoun

   The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.

3. Etymology: Derives from verb to hallucinate, from hallucinatus. Compare French hallucination. The first known usage in the English language is from Sir Thomas Browne.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hallucinationnoun

   Errour; blunder; mistake; folly.

   Etymology: hallucinatio, Latin.

   A wasting of flesh, without cause, is frequently termed a bewitched disease; but questionless a meer hallucination of the vulgar. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

   This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber, who probably mistook the dash of the I for a T. Joseph Addison, Spect.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hallucination

   A hallucination is a perception in the absence of an external stimulus that has the qualities of a real perception. Hallucinations are vivid, substantial, and are perceived to be located in external objective space. Hallucination is a combination of 2 conscious states of brain wakefulness and REM sleep. They are distinguishable from several related phenomena, such as dreaming (REM sleep), which does not involve wakefulness; pseudohallucination, which does not mimic real perception, and is accurately perceived as unreal; illusion, which involves distorted or misinterpreted real perception; and mental imagery, which does not mimic real perception, and is under voluntary control. Hallucinations also differ from "delusional perceptions", in which a correctly sensed and interpreted stimulus (i.e., a real perception) is given some additional significance. Many hallucinations happen also during sleep paralyses.Hallucinations can occur in any sensory modality—visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, proprioceptive, equilibrioceptive, nociceptive, thermoceptive and chronoceptive. Hallucinations are referred to as multimodal if multiple sensory modalities occur.A mild form of hallucination is known as a disturbance, and can occur in most of the senses above. These may be things like seeing movement in peripheral vision, or hearing faint noises or voices. Auditory hallucinations are very common in schizophrenia. They may be benevolent (telling the subject good things about themselves) or malicious, cursing the subject. 55% of auditory hallucinations are malicious in content, for example, people talking about the subject, not speaking to them directly. Like auditory hallucinations, the source of the visual counterpart can also be behind the subject. This can produce a feeling of being looked or stared at, usually with malicious intent. Frequently, auditory hallucinations and their visual counterpart are experienced by the subject together.Hypnagogic hallucinations and hypnopompic hallucinations are considered normal phenomena. Hypnagogic hallucinations can occur as one is falling asleep and hypnopompic hallucinations occur when one is waking up. Hallucinations can be associated with drug use (particularly deliriants), sleep deprivation, psychosis, neurological disorders, and delirium tremens. The word "hallucination" itself was introduced into the English language by the 17th-century physician Sir Thomas Browne in 1646 from the derivation of the Latin word alucinari meaning to wander in the mind. For Browne, hallucination means a sort of vision that is "depraved and receive[s] its objects erroneously".

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1. hallucination

   A hallucination is a sensory perception or experience that a person observes while being awake and conscious, but without the presence of any external stimuli. Essentially, it seems real to the person experiencing it but is not actually happening. It can occur through any of the five senses - sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell. Hallucinations are often associated with mental health disorders, neurological disorders, or substance use, although they can happen due to other factors as well.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hallucinationnoun

   the act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder

2. Hallucinationnoun

   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

3. Etymology: [L. hallucinatio: cf. F. hallucination.]

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1. Hallucination

   A hallucination is a perception in the absence of a stimulus which has qualities of real perception. Hallucinations are vivid, substantial, and located in external objective space. They are distinguished from the related phenomena of dreaming, which does not involve wakefulness; illusion, which involves distorted or misinterpreted real perception; imagery, which does not mimic real perception and is under voluntary control; and pseudohallucination, which does not mimic real perception, but is not under voluntary control. Hallucinations also differ from "delusional perceptions", in which a correctly sensed and interpreted stimulus is given some additional significance. Hallucinations can occur in any sensory modality — visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, proprioceptive, equilibrioceptive, nociceptive, thermoceptive and chronoceptive. A mild form of hallucination is known as a disturbance, and can occur in any of the senses above. These may be things like seeing movement in peripheral vision, or hearing faint noises and/or voices. Auditory hallucinations are very common in paranoid schizophrenia. They may be benevolent or malicious, cursing the patient etc. Auditory hallucinations of the malicious type are frequently heard like people talking about the patient behind their back. Like auditory hallucinations, the source of their visual counterpart can also be behind the patient's back. Their visual counterpart is the feeling of being looked-stared at, usually with malicious intent. Frequently, auditory hallucinations and their visual counterpart are experienced by the patient together.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hallucination

   hal-lū-sin-ā′shun, n. error: delusion: the perception of things that do not externally exist.—v.i. Hallū′cinate, to suffer illusion.—adjs. Hallū′cinative, Hallū′cinatory, partaking of or tending to produce hallucination. [L. hallucinationem—alucināri, -ātus, to wander in mind.]

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1. • Delusion
   • Misconception
   • Object

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hallucination in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hallucination in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Hallucination in a Sentence

1. James Scott:

   Man is a hostage to the cage of cultural programing and the mass hallucination of the propagandist’s narrative illusion.

2. William Gibson:

   Cyberspace A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation.

3. Angela Taylor:

   As a caregiver, I think one of the challenges is recognizing that we can not use the same skills and interpersonal dynamics that we came to rely on in our relationship with the person with LBD, we have to develop new ones because you can not reason with somebody who is having a hallucination or delusion. Sometimes you have to more step into their reality and empathize( and) learn a new way to offer assistance without them feeling like they're being treated like a child.

4. Eugene Botkin:

   Yesterday, at the same reading, I suddenly heard a word that sounded like "Papulya". I nearly burst into sobs. Again -- this is not a hallucination because the word was pronounced, the voice was similar, and I did not doubt for an instant that my daughter, who was supposed to be in Tobolsk, was talking to me ...

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Hallucination
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hallucination
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Hallucination
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucination
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hallucination
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Hallucination
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Hallucination