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Definition: ILLUSIONS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun illusion.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(illusion)		 1. An erroneous mental representation.[Wordnet].
2. Something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy".[Wordnet].
3. The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas.[Wordnet].
4. An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers.[Wordnet].
5. An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.[Websters].
6. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charning; enchantment; witchery; glamour.[Websters].
7. A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder.[Websters].
8. A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc.[Websters].

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Date "Illusions" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Specialty Definition: ILLUSIONS

Domain Definition
Health The misinterpretation of a real external, sensory experience. (references)

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Common Expressions: ILLUSIONS

Expressions Definition
City of Illusions City of Illusions is a 1967 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set on Earth in the distant future in her Ekumen series. (references)
Digital Illusions CE Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment (DICE) is a Swedish company that develops computer games. It was started by members of the former demo group "The Silents". It is still visible in some of the games. For instance The Silents used the acronym TSL and in Motorhead there are banners and signs saying TSL. In the manual it's said to stand for "Trans-atlantic Speed League", a case of a backronym. All members came from the small towns of Alvesta and Växjö. For a long time, while the employees were also studying at Växjö University, the company's office consisted of a small dorm room. During those days the company developed many titles for the Amiga 500, such as Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies, and Pinball Illusions. (references)
Illusions (video game) Illusions is a surreal Colecovision in which the player maneuvers blobs around the screen, trying to get them to merge, or, alternately, split apart. At times, lizards may chase the blobs around. The water bucket, when spilled, can cause the lizard to turn into a fish. If the fish remains there too long, however, it turns into a bird. The game was created by Nice Ideas, a division of Mattel that was located midway between Cannes and Nice. (references)
Les Illusions Perdues Les Illusions perdues is the name of two separate novels written by the French writer Honoré de Balzac, one in 1837 and one in 1839. (references)
Lord of Illusions Lord of Illusions is a horror film, written and directed by English author, filmmaker, and artist, Clive Barker. Based on his earlier short story, The Last Illusion, this film presents Barker's signature Harry D'Amour character on-screen for the first time. Barker asserts that the Director's Cut of this film is his definitive version, and states that the theatrical release is not indicative of his true vision. (references)
Necessary Illusions Necessary Illusions is a book by Noam Chomsky about how political power uses propaganda to distort and distract from real issues to maintain confusion and complicity, preventing real democracy from becoming effective. Like many of the titles by Chomsky, such as how Pirates and Emperors comes from St. Augustine's City of God and Manufacturing Consent from Walter Lippmann, the title of this book borrows a phrase from an earlier political commentary; in this case, Chomsky quotes from the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr. (references)
Pinball Illusions Pinball Illusions is an Amiga A1200 and DOS computer game from 1995 developed by Digital Illusions CE, as a sequel of Pinball Fantasies and Pinball Dreams. The original Amiga release featured three tables - the PC version added a fourth, Law & Justice (this was written for the Amiga version but not considered good enough for inclusion). This was the first version of the series to feature more than 1 ball in play at a time (known as 'multiball'), and the first not to be released for the Amiga 500. (references)
The Book of Illusions The Book of Illusions is a novel by Paul Auster, published in 2002. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: ILLUSIONS

Expressions Domain Definition
Optical Illusions Health 1: An illusion of vision usually affecting spatial relations. (references)
    2: LSD. (references)

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Extended Definition: ILLUSIONS

Illusion

An illusion is an error in perception such as an optical illusion or auditory illusion.

Illusion or Illusions may also refer to:

  • Illusion (2007 film), a spiritual cinema film featuring Kirk Douglas (his final film).
  • Magic (illusion), the art of conjuring.
  • Illusions (novel), a novel by Richard Bach.
  • Illusions perdues, two novels written by Honoré de Balzac.
  • Illusion (company), a Japanese eroge company.
  • Illusions (video game), a Colecovision game.
  • Illusion (song), a song by Benassi Bros.
  • Illusions (Sadus album), an album by Sadus.
  • Illusions (Arwen album), an album by Arwen.
  • Illusion (Renaissance album), a 1971 album by Renaissance
  • Pinball Illusions, an Amiga game.
  • Illusion (comics), a Marvel Comics character
  • Maya (illusion), a concept in Hindu and Dharmic philosophy

Three musical groups:

  • The Illusion (band), from America,
  • Illusion (UK band) from England and
  • Illusion (band) from Poland.

See also

  • Grand Illusion

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Illusions". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: ILLUSIONS

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Illusions of Grandeur (Lois & Clark) 62     Beautiful Illusions 8
Sensory illusions in aviation 33     City of Illusions 20
Illusions 24     Coded Illusions 5
City of Illusions 20     Crossroads and Illusions 8
Digital Illusions CE 15     Digital Illusions CE 15
Positive illusions 13     Faces, Forms & Illusions 10
Lord of Illusions 12     Hopeless Illusions (EP) 4
Faces, Forms & Illusions 10     Illusions 24
Precious Illusions 10     Illusions (album) 5
Necessary Illusions 10     Illusions (Crematory album) 6
Crossroads and Illusions 8     Illusions (novel) 8
Beautiful Illusions 8     Illusions (video game) 3
Illusions (novel) 8     Illusions in G Major 6
Paranoid Illusions 7     Illusions of Evil 4
The Book of Illusions 6     Illusions of Grandeur (Lois & Clark) 62
Illusions in G Major 6     Illusions perdues 4
Illusions (Crematory album) 6     Illusions with Damien Echols 4
Illusions (album) 5     Imaginative Illusions Sdn. Bhd. 3
Coded Illusions 5     Lord of Illusions 12
Illusions of Evil 4     Necessary Illusions 10
Hopeless Illusions (EP) 4     Paranoid Illusions 7
Pinball Illusions 4     Pinball Illusions 4
Illusions with Damien Echols 4     Positive illusions 13
Illusions perdues 4     Precious Illusions 10
TX Digital Illusions 3     Sensory illusions in aviation 33
Imaginative Illusions Sdn. Bhd. 3     The Book of Illusions 6
Illusions (video game) 3     TX Digital Illusions 3
Visual reorientation illusions 2     Visual reorientation illusions 2

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: illusions
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 delusions, hallucinations, fantasies, fantasy, illusion, apparitions, deceptions, magics, reverie, delusion, reveries, phantasm, chimeras, deceits, fallacies, phantoms, tricks, visions, antics, capers, colors, colours, conjurations, jokes, misrepresentations, phantasies, phantasy, pranks, semblances.
Consider also: figments, imaginations, aberrations, mirages, appearances, distortions, cheats, images, mockeries, performances, spectrums, bubbles, impositions, impostures, dreams, falsehoods, mayas, mistakes, humbugs.

Verb

 fancies.

Other

 partialities, trickeries, illusionable.
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Computed Synonyms: illusions

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   67.1092   illusions     phantoms     spectres, shadows, shades, shapes, dummies   
 2   57.4092   illusions     hallucinations     phantoms, visions, fantasies, mirages, fancies   
 3   45.1091   illusions     mirages     delusions, phantoms, hallucinations, phantasms, fantasies   
 4   40.4093   illusions     deceptions     trickeries, cheats, swindles, humbugs, impostures   
 5   37.1092   illusions     whims     quirks, fantasies, humours, fixations, humors   
 6   34.1091   illusions     dreams     daydreams, fancies, reveries, fantasies, muses   
 7   25.1092   illusions     frauds     shams, fraud, cheat, cheating, cheats   
 8   23.1093   illusions     fallacies     falsehoods, faults, blunders, fibs, untruths   
 9   23.1090   illusions     fairytales     stories, tales, yarns, fibs, legends   
 10   22.1091   illusions     freaks     eccentrics, weirds, daffies, stranges, foolishes   
 11   21.1091   illusions     daydreams     dreams, fancies, fantasies, muses, fantasizes   
 12   19.1092   illusions     fibs     pussies, cats, stories, untruths, tales   
 13   19.1092   illusions     tricks     jokes, knacks, games, jests, gags   
 14   19.1091   illusions     pretences     pretensions, claims, shams, excuses, guises   
 15   18.4093   illusions     addictions     dependences, habits, fads, freaks, whims   
--------------------     528 synonyms ranked from 16 to 543 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: illusions

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.0090   illusions     pipe dream     vision, phantasm, fantasy   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: illusions

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.8897   illusions of grandeur     delusions of grandeur     megalomania, delusion of grandeur   
 2   1.1085   produces illusions     do magic tricks         
 3   1.1080   free from all illusions     suspicious     doubtful, dubious   
 4   1.1079   free from all illusions     skeptical     sceptical, skeptic   
 5   1.1079   free from all illusions     distrustful     suspicious, mistrustful   
 6   1.1078   free from all illusions     cynical     cynic, sardonic   
 7   1.0087   free from illusions     disillusioned     falsified, balked   
 8   1.0081   illusions of grandeur     megalomania     megalomaniac, delusions of grandeur   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top
Antonyms: illusions
Position Antonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 realities, facts, reality.
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Translations: ILLUSIONS

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian iluze (illusion, illusions, fancy, fantasy, legerdemain). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish illusioner (illusions). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai คนที่ไม่มีความฝัน ไม่มีภาพลวงตา และไม่มีอุดมคติ ย่อมเป็นตัวประหลาด เป็นสัตว์ป่าที่มีปริ (a man with no dreams no illusions and no ideals would be a monster a wild boar with a degree in pure mathematics). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina iluze (illusion, illusions, fancy, fantasy, legerdemain). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 视错觉 (optical illusions), 死心 (have no more illusions about). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 視錯覺 (optical illusions, optical illusion), 死心 (have no more illusions about). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech iluze (illusion, illusions, fancy, fantasy, legerdemain). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian ilusie (illusion, illusions). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish illusioner (illusions). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk illusioner (illusions). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Illusionen (illusions), Trugbilder (phantasms, illusions, chimera's, phantasmagoria), Scheinbilder (illusions). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch illusies (illusion, illusions), schijnbeelden (illusions). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish aistihairahdus (illusion, illusions). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Ganda ku-guyaizza (fill with illusions). Additional references: Ganda, Uganda, Tanzania, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
German Illusionen (illusions), Trugbilder (phantasms, illusions, chimera's, phantasmagoria), Scheinbilder (illusions). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek πλάνη (plane, airplane, airplanes, illusion, illusions). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) plani (plane, airplane, airplanes, illusion, illusions). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Illusionen (illusions), Trugbilder (phantasms, illusions, chimera's, phantasmagoria), Scheinbilder (illusions). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Illusionen (illusions), Trugbilder (phantasms, illusions, chimera's, phantasmagoria), Scheinbilder (illusions). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Isizulu kohliso (illusion, illusions). Additional references: Isizulu, South Africa, Malawi, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian illusioni (illusions), non farsi illusioni su qualcosa (have no illusions about something). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 止観 (giving up illusions and attaining enlightenment), しかん (admonishing at the cost of one's life, chronicler, collection of poems, crown of a tooth, eclampsia). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Luganda ku-guyaizza (fill with illusions). Additional references: Luganda, Uganda, Tanzania, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian ilusie (illusion, illusions). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian illusjoner (illusions). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Pali 十緣觀 (meditation on the ten illusions). Additional references: Pali, India, Myanmar, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish iluzja (illusion, delusion, illusions). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch iluzja (illusion, delusion, illusions). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski iluzja (illusion, delusion, illusions). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese ilusões (illusions). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian ilusie (illusion, illusions). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian ilusie (illusion, illusions). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi inbillningar (illusions, imaginations), illusioner (fantasies, illusions). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian иллюзии (illusions). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) illyuzii (illusions). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki иллюзии (illusions). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) illyuzii (illusions). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese คนที่ไม่มีความฝัน ไม่มีภาพลวงตา และไม่มีอุดมคติ ย่อมเป็นตัวประหลาด เป็นสัตว์ป่าที่มีปริ (a man with no dreams no illusions and no ideals would be a monster a wild boar with a degree in pure mathematics). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland illusioner (illusions). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovak iluzia (illusion, illusions, mirage, vapour), klamný (deceitful, deceptive, delusive, fallacious, false), klamná (illusions). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Slovakian iluzia (illusion, illusions, mirage, vapour), klamný (deceitful, deceptive, delusive, fallacious, false), klamná (illusions). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish ilusiones (delusions, illusions, thrills, wishful thinking). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai คนที่ไม่มีความฝัน ไม่มีภาพลวงตา และไม่มีอุดมคติ ย่อมเป็นตัวประหลาด เป็นสัตว์ป่าที่มีปริ (a man with no dreams no illusions and no ideals would be a monster a wild boar with a degree in pure mathematics). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea aistihairahdus (illusion, illusions). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi aistihairahdus (illusion, illusions). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska inbillningar (illusions, imaginations), illusioner (fantasies, illusions). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish inbillningar (illusions, imaginations), illusioner (fantasies, illusions). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai คนที่ไม่มีความฝัน ไม่มีภาพลวงตา และไม่มีอุดมคติ ย่อมเป็นตัวประหลาด เป็นสัตว์ป่าที่มีปริ (a man with no dreams no illusions and no ideals would be a monster a wild boar with a degree in pure mathematics). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang คนที่ไม่มีความฝัน ไม่มีภาพลวงตา และไม่มีอุดมคติ ย่อมเป็นตัวประหลาด เป็นสัตว์ป่าที่มีปริ (a man with no dreams no illusions and no ideals would be a monster a wild boar with a degree in pure mathematics). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish hayallere kapılmak (to lend oneself to illusions), hayallere kapılmamak (to be free of illusions). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian ўлюзўя (delusion, illusion, illusions). Additional references: Ukrainian, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) ўlyuzўya (delusion, illusion, illusions). Additional references: Ukrainian, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Zulu kohliso (illusion, illusions). Additional references: Zulu, South Africa, Malawi, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
Zunda kohliso (illusion, illusions). Additional references: Zunda, South Africa, Malawi, illusions. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: ILLUSIONS

Language Translations for “illusions” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin illusionsway (illusions). Additional references: Pig Latin, illusions. (volunteer)
Terran A mugaalate (illusions), gzhen snang (confused perceptions, illusions). Additional references: Terran A, illusions. (volunteer)
Terran B Illusione (illusions). Additional references: Terran B, illusions. (volunteer)
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