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Definitions for hallucinatory
həˈlu sə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr ihal·lu·ci·na·to·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
hallucinatoryadjective
characterized by or characteristic of hallucination
"the bizarre hallucinatory dreams of fever"- Jean Stafford
GCIDE
Hallucinatoryadjective
Partaking of, having the character of, or tending to produce, hallucinations; as, hallucinatory visions.
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hallucinatoryadjective
Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination
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hallucinatory
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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hallucinatory
Hallucinatory refers to something that can cause hallucinations or resembling a hallucination, which includes unusual or unrealistic perceptions or sensory experiences that may occur in a person's consciousness when no external physical stimuli are present. These can involve the five senses such as seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, or smelling things that aren't actually present or real.
Webster Dictionary
Hallucinatoryadjective
partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hallucinatory in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hallucinatory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- AlucinantePortuguese
- вызывающий галлюцинацииRussian
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