Definitions for illusion
ɪˈlu ʒənil·lu·sion

Princeton's WordNet(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. illusion, semblance(noun)

   an erroneous mental representation

2. illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy(noun)

   something many people believe that is false

   "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

3. delusion, illusion, head game(noun)

   the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

4. magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic, legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion, deception(noun)

   an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. illusion(Noun)

   Anything that seems to be something that it is not.

2. illusion(Noun)

   A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.

   Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her.

3. illusion(Noun)

   A magician's trick.

4. illusion(Noun)

   The fact of being an illusion (in any of the above senses).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Illusion(noun)

   an unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination

2. Illusion(noun)

   hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour

3. Illusion(noun)

   a sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder

4. Illusion(noun)

   a plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Illusion

   An illusion is a distortion of the senses, revealing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. While illusions distort reality, they are generally shared by most people. Illusions may occur with more of the human senses than vision, but visual illusions, optical illusions, are the most well known and understood. The emphasis on visual illusions occurs because vision often dominates the other senses. For example, individuals watching a ventriloquist will perceive the voice is coming from the dummy since they are able to see the dummy mouth the words. Some illusions are based on general assumptions the brain makes during perception. These assumptions are made using organizational principles, like Gestalt, an individual's ability of depth perception and motion perception, and perceptual constancy. Other illusions occur because of biological sensory structures within the human body or conditions outside of the body within one’s physical environment. The term illusion refers to a specific form of sensory distortion. Unlike a hallucination, which is a distortion in the absence of a stimulus, an illusion describes a misinterpretation of a true sensation. For example, hearing voices regardless of the environment would be a hallucination, whereas hearing voices in the sound of running water would be an illusion.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Illusion

   il-lū′zhun, n. a playing upon: a mocking: deceptive appearance: false show: error.—n. Illū′sionist, one who is subject to illusions: one who produces illusions, as sleight-of-hand tricks, for entertainment.—adjs. Illū′sive, Illū′sory, deceiving by false appearances: false.—adv. Illū′sively.—n. Illū′siveness. [See Illude.]

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'illusion' in Nouns Frequency: #2618

How to pronounce illusion?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of illusion in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of illusion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of illusion in a Sentence

1. Japanese Proverb:

   Art is the illusion of spontaneity.

2. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   1. The face tears up from laughter, and there is not flesh and soul, but a continuous smile of awareness. 2. A ghost is a hologram record of the projection of the universe, once generated by an accident of chaos, living in reality. This spirit is like the same memoirs and nostalgia of the past. This is a retro record of bygone times, traveling in empty eternity and nonsense, feeling only insensibility. A time-space film of time and space existing in time, in the depressing eternity of reality, in the void of consciousness of loneliness. A ghost who sees is not evolutionary progress, but the life cycle of a temporary transformation, rotting from the depravity of people. 3. Loneliness is a catcher of erotic dreams. 4. Careerism is a children's entertainment, attraction mini-golf of self-motivation and discipline. 5. Death from the dust of all the dead and dust of memories. Fear is all out of the darkness of the subconscious of billions of threads of manipulation. 6. Love relationships as a table hockey attraction, and the puck is the fault. 7. Laziness as an attraction a children's rocking chair is an illusion of movement. 8. The idea appeared in a mirror maze and it is reflected in all the mirrors, that is, the opinion that the source cannot be found because it is hidden from your eyes. You see that opinion is a sect.

3. Daniel J. Boorstin:

   In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the teacher, the nurse, the mother, the honest cop, the hard worker at lonely, underpaid, unglamorous, unpublicized jobs.

4. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   Here are the seven signs of Narcissism, which you can use to identify the Narcissists that may be around you in the society.: (1) Shamelessness: Shame is the feeling that lurks beneath all unhealthy narcissism, and the inability to process shame in healthy ways. (2) Magical thinking: Narcissists view themselves as perfect at all times, using distortion and illusion known as “magical thinking“. They also use projection to dump shame onto others. (3) Arrogance: A narcissist who is feeling deflated may re-inflate by diminishing, debasing, or degrading somebody else. (4) Envy: A narcissist may secure a sense of superiority in the face of another person’s ability by using contempt to minimize the other person. (5) Entitlement: Narcissists hold unreasonable expectations of particularly favorable treatment and automatic compliance because they consider themselves special. Failure to comply is considered an attack on their superiority, and the perpetrator is considered an “awkward” or “difficult” person. Defiance of their will is a narcissistic injury that can trigger narcissistic rage. (6) Exploitation: Can take many forms but always involves the exploitation of others without regard for their feelings or interests. Often the other is in a subservient position where resistance would be difficult or even impossible. Sometimes the subservience is not so much real as assumed. (7) Bad boundaries: Narcissists do not recognize that they have boundaries and that others are separate and are not extensions of themselves. Others either exist to meet their needs or may as well not exist at all. Those who provide narcissistic supply to the narcissist are treated as if they are part of the narcissist and are expected to live up to those expectations. In the mind of a narcissist there is no boundary between self and other.

5. H.W. Mann:

   I see through the illusion. I see you. And I cannot help but love what I see

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