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hal·lu·ci·nat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. delirious, hallucinatingadjective

    experiencing delirium

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  1. hallucinatingadjective

    Experiencing hallucinations.

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  1. hallucinating

    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. hallucinating

    Hallucinating refers to experiencing sensory perceptions or sensations that seem real but are not actually present in external reality. These can involve any of the five senses such as hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, or tasting things that aren't there. Hallucinations are often associated with conditions like mental illnesses, neurological disorders, or the use of certain drugs and substances. They are distinct from illusions, which are misinterpretations of actual sensory stimuli.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hallucinating in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hallucinating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of hallucinating in a Sentence

  1. Christian Williams:

    Joel Ed, are you hallucinating Ed Oh, yeah, but not right now.

  2. Sy Rosen and Christian Williams, Northern Exposure, On Your Own, 1992:

    Joel: Ed, are you hallucinating? Ed: Oh, yeah, but not right now.

  3. Leroy Strothers:

    I'm feeling delusional and hallucinating.

  4. Kathryn Sermak:

    When she had that stroke, it was devastating, they had to use the paddles to bring her back to life. During that time, doctors believed she wouldn’t make it past three weeks… She was on medications, she was hallucinating. Nurses came and went. And you’re dealing with the press.

  5. Penelope Cruz:

    I don't really know what happened yet because I got off the plane, I run here, I got dressed and I was here doing the catwalk with Derek and Hansel and Mugatu so I felt like I was hallucinating.

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