Associations to the word «Illusion»

Pictures for the word «Illusion»

Wiktionary

ILLUSION, noun. (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
ILLUSION, noun. (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
ILLUSION, noun. (countable) A magician’s trick.
ILLUSION, noun. (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.

Dictionary definition

ILLUSION, noun. An erroneous mental representation.
ILLUSION, noun. Something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy".
ILLUSION, noun. The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas.
ILLUSION, noun. An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan