English noun: hallucination | |||
1. | hallucination (state) illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder | ||
Broader (hypernym) | delusion, psychotic belief | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acousma, auditory hallucination, pseudohallucination, trip, visual hallucination | ||
2. | hallucination (cognition) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea | ||
Samples | He has delusions of competence. His dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination. | ||
Synonyms | delusion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | misconception | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | disorientation, freak out | ||
3. | hallucination (cognition) an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode | ||
Samples | He refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | object | ||