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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --Milton. 2. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour. Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise! --Pope. 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 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: illusion n 1: an erroneous mental representation [syn: {semblance}] 2: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: {fantasy}, {phantasy}, {fancy}] 3: deception by creating illusory ideas [syn: {head game}] 4: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn: {magic trick}, {conjuring trick}, {trick}, {magic}, {legerdemain}, {deception}]
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