hallucination
Collocations
6(noun.)
ADJ
mild | weird | auditory, visual | drug-induced
VERB + HALLUCINATION
have
After staying awake for 48 hours, she started having hallucinations and saw strange shapes on the wall.
cause, induce
Definitions
noun
A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity.
The authorities said that the spinach had caused “possible food-related toxic reactions” with those affected experiencing symptoms including delirium, hallucinations, blurred vision, rapid heartbeat and fever.
The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.
This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber.
A confident but incorrect response given by an artificial intelligence; a confabulation.
Chatbots even forget that they are a bot and experience "hallucinations", Meta's description for when a bot confidently says something that is not true.
Hallucinations are about adhering to the truth; when A.I. systems get confused, they have a bad habit of making things up rather than admitting their difficulties.
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Synonyms
noun — a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity.
WiktionaryThe authorities said that the spinach had caused “possible food-related toxic reactions” with those affected experiencing symptoms including delirium, hallucinations, blurred vision, rapid heartbeat a
WiktionaryThis must have been the hallucination of the transcriber.
WiktionaryIt might have been real. Or maybe it was just a hallucination. I really hope it was the latter.
Tatoeba · #5270136All you saw was a hallucination.
Tatoeba · #6582571Was it a hallucination or a daydream?
Tatoeba · #6759756