HALLUCINATIONS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

hallucinations

noun

plural of hallucination

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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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 Arize tests and monitors RAG pipelines as well as the agents and applications built on them—debugging and hunting down errors and hallucinations. —

Erik German, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026 People who see ghosts tend to see the same ghost wafting down the same staircase, but none of the characters populating Leo’s wacko hallucinations have returned for a repeat perfor-mance. —

Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026 Toss in plenty of brutal murders, bizarre prophecies, time-bending enigmas, and haunting hallucinations — all seemingly tied to Lucy’s mysterious meetings with the Hannibal Lecter-like Gideon Shepherd (Peter Capaldi) — and this one's well worth losing six hours of sleep over. —

Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026 The violent trailer shows Bernthal getting set on fire while seeing and hearing hallucinations of people talking to him. —

Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026 In a twist, the appeals court declined to overturn the original judge’s ruling, even with the acknowledgement that it was based on AI hallucinations. —

Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 People with the disorder usually experience a combination of psychotic symptoms, including hallucinations, delusions, and disorderly behavior. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 That young and vulnerable Emma, played by a compelling Jordyn Curet, haunts the film in flashbacks and hallucinations. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026 The errant or confabulated information that AI tools can generate is often referred to as hallucinations. —

Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026

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The film turns on two grandmothers with opposing visions – Nancy, drawn to what lies outside the forest, and Huanginkamu, committed to defending her ancestral home – as López Rubio reflects on the implications of her own filmmaking presence.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
Two of the biggest stalwarts—Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company and Wren House Brewing Company—have opened new outposts expanding their visions.

— Chris Malloy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026