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Etymology
Derives from verb to hallucinate, from L. hallucinatus. Compare French hallucination. The first known usage in the English language is from Sir Thomas Browne.

Pronunciation
IPA|/h��lu�s��neɪ��n/, SAMPA|/h@%lu:s@"neIS@n/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

Noun
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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

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

#:*This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. - Addison

Translations
trans-top|sensory perception of something that does not exist
Finnish: aistiharha, harha-aistimus, hallusinaatio
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trans-top|act of hallucinating
Finnish: harha-aistimus, hallusinaatio
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ttbc|Hindi: भ�रम (Bhram)
ttbc|Telugu: భ�రా�తి (bhraaMti), భ�రమ (bhrama)
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