Definizione monolingua

hallucination

hallucination (plural hallucinations)

1. A sensory perception of something that does not exist, arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.

   • Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. - W. A. Hammond

2. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.

   • This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. - Joseph Addison

Definizione dizionario hallucination

	allucinazione
	sensory perception of something that does not exist
	Subjectively experienced sensations in the absence of an appropriate stimulus, but which are regarded by the individual as real.

Altri significati:

act of hallucinating

The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.