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 Where most garage rock is designed to punch you in the gut, Twisted Teens’ songs seep into your bloodstream, tugging at the heartstrings while occasionally inducing hallucinations. — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026 For Loparco, the human role is needed now more than ever — especially as the technology is in its early stages and AI hallucinations happen often. — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026 Her symptoms included headache, hallucinations, vomiting, and a high fever, all symptoms of a rapidly expanding pituitary tumor, per the authors. — ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026 Cognitive symptoms could include illusions or hallucinations — some patients report sensing a shadowy figure nearby — and difficulties with problem solving and navigation. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 The werewolf’s victims reappear in hallucinations completely drenched in blood, while the hugely likable Griffin Dunne exits in spectacular fashion, totally ripped to shreds. — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026 The first film stars Sosie Bacon as a therapist who becomes haunted by hallucinations after witnessing a patient die. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026 While a bright teen with auditory hallucinations makes for a fun, provocative lead character, screenwriter-director Kelly never goes much beyond the surface zaniness of Donnie. — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026 The Harlem native’s hallucinations take him above the clouds to a smoker’s paradise. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hallucinations
  1. visions
  2. delusions
  3. dreams
  4. illusions
  5. fantasies
  6. myths
  7. daydreams
  8. errors
Noun
  • Whether such an imbalance can lead to anything sustainable for a team with visions beyond this uneven start is one thing.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Moreover, Shortreed noted that Disney’s collaborations showcase a merging of creative visions while focusing on craftsmanship and storytelling.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of visions
Noun
  • In her opening statement, defense attorney Carmen Robinson said Morris, an Afghanistan war veteran, suffered from PTSD and persecution delusions, and was acting in self-defense, believing that his family had summoned police to murder him.
    — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 9 Nov. 2026
  • More than anything, Swift’s masterpiece stands athwart Utopia and denounces the risky delusions of such a no-pace—for the most part.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of delusions
Noun
  • Evidence remains mixed, and dreams could also be an experiential by-product of useful sleeping-brain activity, rather than an adaptation with its own job description.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
  • This is the state that Haley Stevens has claimed to literally see in her dreams.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of dreams
Noun
  • Their fourth-quarter magic is gone, replaced by fourth-quarter illusions.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Cognitive symptoms could include illusions or hallucinations — some patients report sensing a shadowy figure nearby — and difficulties with problem solving and navigation.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of illusions
Noun
  • The Cybertruck was a car built for the paranoid fantasies that have gripped so much of a country destabilized by generations of economic theft.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Gilded Age’s third season and fourth-season premiere have spent a significant amount of time spinning cotton-candy fantasies of romance.
    — The Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of fantasies
Noun
  • This all happened after years in which the President and the Vice-President have deployed racist epithets, jokes, and myths.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
  • For the devoutly Catholic Tolkien, however, ancient myths pointed to truths, not lies, and ultimately to the Gospels.
    — The Conversation, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of myths
Noun
  • This helps warm up the imagination; daydreams, nightmares are easy ways in.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of daydreams
Noun
  • But officials there said that the list appeared to be filled with errors and that setting the ballots aside could effectively disenfranchise legal voters.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The proposal would also establish that technical errors or inadvertent mistakes in the process cannot be a basis to stop the project.
    — Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
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“Hallucinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hallucinations. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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