hallucinations

noun

plural of hallucination
1
as in visions
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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2
as in delusions
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 hallucinations Rather than arguing that hallucinations are the greatest threat, this article contends that the more significant long-term risk is human skill decay. — Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Certain antidepressants may also be prescribed to help manage cataplexy, sleep paralysis and hallucinations. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 8 July 2026 According to her defense, Bland was experiencing hallucinations and believed she was being instructed to baptize her family members. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 The virus causes seizures, hallucinations, facial paralysis, fear of water (where the patient will refuse to drink), fear of air or drafts, and delirium. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 Nationally, Reese said in some cases, filings include incorrect statute numbers or law names, potentially as a result of AI hallucinations. — Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026 It's supposed to be less potent than regular marijuana, but with some users, it's resulted in psychotic episodes involving hallucinations, hospital admissions or even violence. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 22 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinations
  1. visions
  2. delusions
  3. dreams
  4. illusions
  5. fantasies
  6. myths
  7. daydreams
  8. errors
Noun
  • Jupiter in Leo will form an inspiring trine to Neptune retrograde in Aries while also opposing Pluto retrograde in Aquarius, creating a push-and-pull between our visions for the future and the inevitable transformation at play.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
  • America at 250 seems stuck in a miasma of rival populisms that offer irreconcilable visions for curing what ails our country.
    — Will Marshall, Washington Post, 18 July 2026
Definition of visions
Noun
  • Symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, extreme depression, insomnia, paranoia and rapid mood swings.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • On their debut album, the Detroit musician skewers social-climbing scene darlings and tackles personal existential delusions over a frenetic blend of post-punk and electro-pop.
    — Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Definition of delusions
Noun
  • That’s what happens when a party and its voters stop seriously competing and instead indulge their passions and fever dreams.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • Its warble seemed the embodiment of dreams, that melted meeting point between memories and fantasy.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
Definition of dreams
Noun
  • Neither of them, however, had any illusions about his prospects.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Because only in intense, rarefied states will our illusions finally drop away, like redundant scaffolding, freeing us to perceive life on a more visceral level.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
Definition of illusions
Noun
  • As a young adult, Paul worked at a lumber yard and had fantasies of working a straight job as an accountant.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026
  • The President’s fantasies can, at times, take on a lurid tone.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
Definition of fantasies
Noun
  • The Cook County Department of Public Health is working to counteract vaccine misinformation, myths and confusion regarding vaccines as part of its efforts to increase vaccination rates.
    — Francine Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
  • The filmmaker who has spent his career defending the theatrical experience adapts one of literature’s foundational myths on an enormous scale.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 July 2026
Definition of myths
Noun
  • 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.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026
  • 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.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026
Definition of daydreams
Noun
  • The 29-year-old has made high-profile errors in previous competitions, notably letting a back-pass slip under his foot against Croatia at Euro 2020.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • For nearly three decades, employers relied on guidance distinguishing technical Form I-9 errors, which could often be corrected during an inspection, from substantive violations that could result in penalties.
    — Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
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