illusion

[Il*lu·sion]

An illusion is something that isn't real. It may look real, but it's actually fake just a crafty construction or fantasy. Like the old rabbit out of the hat trick practiced by magicians around the globe.

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

Noun
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

Noun
the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

Noun
something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"

Noun
an erroneous mental representation


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

n.
Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.

n.
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.

n.
A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.


Illusion

Il*lu"sion , n. [F. illusion, L. illusio, fr. illudere, illusum, to illude. See Illude.] 1. An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.
To cheat the eye with blear illusions.
2. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.
Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise!
3. (Physiol.) 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. &hand; Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and hallucination, regarding the former as originating with some external object, and the latter as having no objective occasion whatever. 4. A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc. Syn. -- Delusion; mockery; deception; chimera; fallacy. See Delusion. Illusion, Delusion. Illusion refers particularly to errors of the sense; delusion to false hopes or deceptions of the mind. An optical deception is an illusion; a false opinion is a delusion. E. Edwards.

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

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Usage Examples

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.

It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can give us the illusion that we're not, we cling to.'

It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.

It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming It is a scam. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an illusion of rapid global warming.

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure.

For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.

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Other Usage Examples

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.

I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard.

Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death.

Infinite love is the only truth. Everything else is illusion.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

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