as in illusion
an image that tricks a person's vision
Some may dismiss what we witnessed that night as an optical illusion, but we firmly believe it was a UFO.
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Recent Examples of optical illusion
Rag & Bone’s unique digital printing technique creates an optical illusion that gives the bottoms a denim-like effect, straight down to the faux button detailing.
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Melony Forcier, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The 1980s brought an interest in the Necker cube, an optical illusion in which a two-dimensional drawing of a cube is perceived as having three dimensions and two possible spatial orientations.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Apr. 2025
Rewind one year and this reality would seem like an odd attempt at an optical illusion.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Horse Walking In Snow Creates Optical Illusion By Soo Kim
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A video showing an unexpected optical illusion captured in a parking lot in Florida has gone viral on TikTok.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Melony Forcier, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The 1980s brought an interest in the Necker cube, an optical illusion in which a two-dimensional drawing of a cube is perceived as having three dimensions and two possible spatial orientations.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Apr. 2025
Rewind one year and this reality would seem like an odd attempt at an optical illusion.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Horse Walking In Snow Creates Optical Illusion By Soo Kim
Life and Trends Reporter
Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member
news article
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A video showing an unexpected optical illusion captured in a parking lot in Florida has gone viral on TikTok.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optical illusion
Noun
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Agencies encourage the illusion of such bonds while controlling nearly every aspect of the idols’ real lives.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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The show uses dual-reality technology, a technique derived from the world of mentalism, to support the illusion of real-time interaction with a pre-recorded program.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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Most Jews at the time believed that founding a Jewish state in the land of Israel was a pipe dream, or worse.—
Adam L. Rovner,
The Conversation,
29 Apr. 2025
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Marketing was once limited by human bandwidth, where true scale felt more pipe dream than achievable reality.—
Loreal Lynch,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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As the music plays, apparitions of shamans and African tribal dancers begin to mingle with the crowd.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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But Evan Mobley fills those margins with his apparitions of length.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Optical illusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optical%20illusion. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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