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Illusion   /ɪlˈuʒən/   Listen
noun
Illusion  n.  
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 charming; 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. Note: 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.
Synonyms: 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.





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"Illusion" Quotes from Famous Books



... of his youth, it seemed to him as if the mask which had assumed his features in the house of death arose, and grew into a living youth, and his former blooming figure stood before him in the bitter mockery of illusion. ...
— Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness • John Mather Austin
... however, any such hope may have been entertained, but few moons had filled and waned before the defiant occupation of her territory and the enrollment of her citizens as soldiers in the army of invasion must have dispelled the illusion. ...
— The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government • Jefferson Davis
... did not belie the national reputation. After dinner, a bright fire blazing, doors and windows shutting out the cold air that whistled along the hills, they struck up in chorus some of the finest national airs, particularly the Hymn to the Rhine—so that it seemed an illusion that we were in this wild, mining district, inhabited only by the poorest Indians; and we were transported thousands of miles off, across the broad Atlantic, even to ...
— Life in Mexico • Frances Calderon de la Barca
... you are aware who I am and what I am, my lord, it becomes easier to dissipate any illusion which owes its origin to a mystery with which you were pleased ...
— Fairy Fingers - A Novel • Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
... are the changes that they bring in a moment; for they are slighter than dreams and a shadow, or the breeze that bloweth the air. Small and short-lived is their charm, that is after all no charm, but illusion and deception of the wickedness of the world; which world we have been taught to love not at all, but rather to hate with all our heart. Yea, and verily it is worthy of hatred and abhorrence; for whatsoever gifts it giveth to its friends, these in turn in passion ...
— Barlaam and Ioasaph • St. John of Damascus


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