illusion
UK/ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/[ɪˈluː.ʒən]
illusion noun: a distortion of sensory perception where real stimuli lead to a false or misleading impression of reality.
Noun
illusion (countable and uncountable, plural illusions)
- A distortion of sensory perception where real stimuli lead to a false or misleading impression of reality.
- We saw what looked like a tiger among the trees, but it was an illusion caused by the shadows of the branches.
- Using artificial additives, scientists can create the illusion of fruit flavours in food.
- A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her.
- Now if you feel that you can't go on / Because all of your hope is gone / And your life is filled with much confusion / Until happiness is just an illusion1967, Four Tops, “Reach Out I'll Be There”, in Reach Out
- Synonyms:
- misapprehension, misbelief, misconception
- A magician’s trick.
- The state of being deceived or misled.
illusion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
illusion in Hindi
- anything that seems to be something that it is not
- भ्रम bhram, विभ्रम vibhram, माया māyā
illusion in Tamil
- மாயம், மாயை, தோற்றமயக்கம், விழிமயக்கு, கண்மயக்கு
illusion in Marathi
- illusion, impression
- भास bhās
- illusion, deceit
- माया māyā
illusion in Urdu
- anything that seems to be something that it is not
- وَہْم vahm, فَریب fareb
More languagesFewer languages
- illusion in Bengali
- বিভ্রম bibhrom
- illusion in Telugu
- భ్రమ bhrama, భ్రమము bhramamu, తమస్సు tamassu, మాయ māya
- illusion in Malayalam
- മിഥ്യാബോധം mithyābōdhaṁ
- illusion in Kannada
- ಭ್ರಮೆ, ಭ್ರಾಂತಿ, ಮಾಯೆ, ಕಣ್ಣುಕಟ್ಟು
- illusion in Punjabi
- ਭਰਮ bharam
- illusion in Gujarati
- માયા māyā
- illusion in Odia
- ଭ୍ରମ, ବିଭ୍ରମ
- illusion in Sanskrit
- माया māyā
- illusion in Nepali
- माया māyā
- illusion in Tagalog
- tagimpan, panagimpan
- illusion in Arabic
- هَلْوَسَة halwasa, وَهْم wahm, اِنْخِدَاع inḵidāʕ, خَيَال ḵayāl
- illusion in Malay
- ilusi
- illusion in Indonesian
- ilusi
- illusion in Thai
- ภาพลวงตา pâap-luuang-dtaa
- illusion in Vietnamese
- ảo tưởng
- illusion in Myanmar
- မာယာ maya
Examples of illusion in a sentence
- Practical lighting can help sell the illusion that the film is a real situation.
- The magician had the audience on a string with his fascinating illusions.
- The cell phone in my best friend's kangaroo pocket created the illusion that he was happy to see Jasmine.
Synonyms of illusion
Forms of illusion
| plural | illusions |
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Origin of illusion
From Old French illusion, from Latin illūsiō, from illūdere, from in- (“at, upon”) + lūdere (“to play, mock, trick”). Displaced native Old English dwimmer.
Words formed from illusion
- argument from illusion
- barber pole illusion
- boomerang illusion
- café wall illusion
- clustering illusion
- coffer illusion
- comparative illusion
- Cornsweet illusion
- cutaneous rabbit illusion
- Delboeuf illusion
- disillusion
- Ebbinghaus illusion
- Ehrenstein illusion
- end-of-history illusion
- flash-lag illusion
- frequency illusion
- grand illusion
- Hering illusion
- illusionable
- illusional
- illusionary
- illusion cake
- illusioned
- illusionette
- illusionism
- illusionist
- illusionistic
- illusionless
- illusionlike
- illusory
- introspection illusion
- irradiation illusion
- Jastrow illusion
- leaning tower illusion
- money illusion
- moon illusion
- Müller-Lyer illusion
- Oppel-Kundt illusion
- optical illusion
- Orbison illusion
- Pac-Man illusion
- Pinocchio illusion
- Poggendorff illusion
- Ponzo illusion
- reillusion
- ring-segment illusion
- somatogravic illusion
- stepping feet illusion
- stopped clock illusion
- Thatcher illusion
- under the illusion
- watercolor illusion
- waterfall illusion
- White's illusion
- Wundt area illusion
- Wundt illusion
- Wundt-Jastrow illusion
- Wundt's area illusion
- Zoellner illusion
- Zöllner illusion
Phrases with illusion
Words that rhyme with illusion
Questions about illusion
- What does illusion mean?
- Illusion means a distortion of sensory perception where real stimuli lead to a false or misleading impression of reality.
- What is illusion in Hindi?
- Illusion in Hindi is भ्रम (bhram), विभ्रम (vibhram), माया (māyā). See Illusion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is illusion?
- Illusion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce illusion?
- Illusion is pronounced /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of illusion?
- The plural of illusion is illusions.
Words near illusion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: illusion (page history and authors); illusion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भास (Marathi) (page history and authors); అవిద్య (Telugu) (page history and authors); illusion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); માયા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); illusion (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); माया (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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