It might have been real. Or maybe it was just a hallucination. I really hope it was the latter.
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Hallucination
//həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən//
Synonyms for "hallucination" (103 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (51)
ignis fatuusillusionimageryimaginationimagininginsanityinsubstantial imageinventionkiddingmaggotmake believemake-believemental blockmental confusionmind-expansionmiragemythnihilismnihilistic delusionoutwitting
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overreachingparalogiaphantasmphantompsychological blockputting onromanceself-deceptionsick fancysnow jobsong and dancespooferyspoofingstretch of the imaginationsubterfugeswindlingthick-coming fanciestrickinesstrickingtriptrippingvaporvictimizationvisionwhimwhimsywildest dreamwildest dreamswillful misconceptionwishful thinkingwraith
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14 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 51 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- hallusinasie noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- hallusineer noun (act of hallucinating)
Arabic
3 entries- اِنْخِدَاع noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- هَلْوَسَة noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- وَهْم noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Armenian
3 entries- զգայախաբություն noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- զգայապատրանք noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- հալյուցինացիա noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Asturian
1 entries- allucinación noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- gözəgörünmə noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- hallüsinasiya noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- qarabasma noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Basque
2 entries- eldarnio noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- haluzinazio noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Belarusian
1 entries- галюцына́цыя noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Bulgarian
2 entries- халюцина́ция noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- халюциниране noun (act of hallucinating)
Catalan
2 entries- al·lucinació noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- al·lucinació noun (act of hallucinating)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 幻想 noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- 幻覺 /幻觉 noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Czech
2 entries- halucinace noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- přelud noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Danish
1 entries- hallucination noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Dutch
2 entries- hallucinatie noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- waanbeeld noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Esperanto
2 entries- halucino noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- vizio noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Estonian
1 entries- hallutsinatsioon noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Finnish
4 entries- aistiharha noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- hallusinaatio noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- hallusinointi noun (act of hallucinating)
- harha-aistimus noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
French
2 entries- hallucination noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- illusion noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Galician
2 entries- alucinación noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- alucinación noun (act of hallucinating)
Georgian
2 entries- ილუზია noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- ჰალუცინაცია noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
German
4 entries- Halluzination noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- Halluzinieren noun (act of hallucinating)
- Illusion noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- Sinnestäuschung noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Greek
2 entries- παραίσθηση noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- παραίσθηση noun (act of hallucinating)
Hebrew
1 entries- הזיה noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Hindi
4 entries- मतिभ्रम noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- मतिभ्रांति noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- विभ्रम noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- विभ्रांति noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Hungarian
2 entries- hallucináció noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- érzékcsalódás noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Icelandic
1 entries- skynvilla noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Indonesian
1 entries- halusinasi noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Irish
4 entries- bréagchéadfa noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- mearú súl noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- meascán mearaí noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- siabhránacht noun (act of hallucinating)
Italian
1 entries- allucinazione noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Japanese
2 entries- 幻想 noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- 幻覚 noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Kazakh
2 entries- галлюцинация noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- елестеушілік noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Korean
1 entries- 환각 noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Latvian
1 entries- halucinācija noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Lithuanian
1 entries- haliucinacija noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Halluzinatioun noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Macedonian
2 entries- халуцина́ција noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- халуцини́рање noun (act of hallucinating)
Māori
2 entries- pohewatanga noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- pohewatanga noun (act of hallucinating)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hallusinasjon noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hallusinasjon noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Feebadroom noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Polish
1 entries- halucynacja noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Portuguese
2 entries- alucinação noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- alucinação noun (act of hallucinating)
Russian
4 entries- галлюцина́ция noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- глюк noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- иллю́зия noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- наважде́ние noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Slovak
1 entries- halucinácia noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Slovene
1 entries- halucinacija noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Sotho
2 entries- phofa noun (act of hallucinating)
- pono tse fosahetseng noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Spanish
3 entries- alucinación noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- alucinación noun (act of hallucinating)
- ilusión noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Swedish
1 entries- hallucination noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Thai
1 entries- ภาพลวงตา noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Turkish
3 entries- halüsinasyon noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
- halüsinasyon görme noun (act of hallucinating)
- sanrı noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Ukrainian
1 entries- галюцина́ція noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Welsh
1 entries- rhithweledigaeth noun (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
All you saw was a hallucination.
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Was it a hallucination or a daydream?
Source: tatoeba (6759756)
Refik Anadol is the human artist behind "Machine Hallucination", but his co-creators are algorithms developed by researchers at Nvidia.
Source: tatoeba (8485540)
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