illusion

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

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

3. 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. Source: opted

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

5. n. an erroneous mental representation Source: wordnet

6. n. something many people believe that is false Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas Source: wordnet

8. n. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers Source: wordnet

9. 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. Source: webster

10. A sensation originated by some external object, but so modifiedas in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rollingof a wagon is mistaken for thunder. Source: adambom

11. n:100 n. an erroneous mental representation n. something many people believe that is false Source: ecdict

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