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as in dream
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality
were the voices real, or merely a hallucination?
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as in delusion
a false idea or belief
the common hallucination that gluttony during the holiday season doesn't have consequences
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Recent Examples of hallucination
Some symptoms of diphenhydramine poisoning include drowsiness, agitation, fast heart rate, nausea, vomiting, hallucinations, seizures, dangerous heart rhythm and loss of consciousness.
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Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Certainly there were other movies of note — a French childhood-summer movie called Costa Verde leaned in to the hallucinations to magical effect, suggesting a serious leveling up in the year since the company last held the gathering.
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Many people of different ages and cultural backgrounds have eaten this mushroom and experienced the same hallucination.
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Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
If the Central Park Five were on trial today, a legion of right wing posters with financial incentives to create the most viral content possible would be flooding social media with digital hallucinations of vengeance.
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Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
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Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Certainly there were other movies of note — a French childhood-summer movie called Costa Verde leaned in to the hallucinations to magical effect, suggesting a serious leveling up in the year since the company last held the gathering.
—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Many people of different ages and cultural backgrounds have eaten this mushroom and experienced the same hallucination.
—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
If the Central Park Five were on trial today, a legion of right wing posters with financial incentives to create the most viral content possible would be flooding social media with digital hallucinations of vengeance.
—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucination
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With so much else to rebuild, a baseball season in 2026 seemed like more than a dream.
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Their dream houses have ocean views, swimming pools and four or more bedrooms, which may be hard to find.
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By chance, Rhaena arrives at the Gullet on dragonback just in time to make the same hubristic mistake as her sister and her cousin, all suffering from the delusion that the war needs them.
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Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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Cosm has really cut its teeth on a lot of live sports and concert films, with the dome shape and stadium seating designed to give the illusion of being on the field or in the front row.
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Unfortunately, says Bradley Elliott, a researcher at the University of Westminster and trustee for the British Society for Research on Ageing, this is an illusion.
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The piece’s name is also a nod to a Greek myth, in which the 50 daughters of King Danaos—the Danaïdes—were ordered to kill their husbands on their wedding night.
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Reinventing the Batman myth for a new generation of fans, Absolute Batman reimagines the Dark Knight as a working-class hero up against impossible odds on a mission to prove that even in an era of wealth, power and corruption, one good person can change the world.
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And amidst the momentum of reverie, there’s the line ‘Blink at the light and hope to survive,’ because daydreams in a fascist state can be scary too.
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One-touch passing, feinting and ripping hard shots into a tattered net, each is super-charged by vivid daydreams of glory on the international stage.
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With Yerry De los Santos also fumbling a bunt in the eighth, the Yanks tallied a season-high four errors on the night.
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Michael Conforto, Alex Bregman and Ian Happ had RBI hits in the sixth, when the Cubs’ runs were unearned thanks to a pair of errors.
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Now a high schooler at Phillips Academy, a boarding school in Massachusetts, Jung has actualized his vision to keep his grandparents safe on crosswalks − and has a medal and $6,000 to show for it.
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Modern leadership increasingly demands physical fitness beyond traditional executive skills like strategic vision and emotional intelligence.
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Disney+ has handed a pilot order to Aquamarine, based on the 2006 teen fantasy romantic comedy starring Emma Roberts.
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Two years ago, Brown appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show to discuss doing her own stunts on the fantasy-action film Damsel.
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“Hallucination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucination. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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