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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche