Definitions for illusion

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illusion il·lu·sion

Spelling: [ih-loo-zhuh n]

IPA: /ɪˈlu ʒən/

Illusion is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in illusion (iillnosu).

Definitions for illusion

noun

1. something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
2. the state or condition of being deceived; misapprehension.
3. an instance of being deceived.
4. Psychology. a perception, as of visual stimuli (optical illusion) that represents what is perceived in a way different from the way it is in reality.
5. a very thin, delicate tulle of silk or nylon having a cobwebbed appearance, for trimmings, veilings, and the like.
6. Obsolete. the act of deceiving; deception; delusion.

Origin of illusion

1300-50; Middle English Latin illūsiōn- (stem of illūsiō) irony, mocking, equivalent to illūs(us) past participle of illūdere to mock, ridicule (il- il-¹ + l

Examples for illusion

illusion is always in the market and can be had on easy terms.

Where his real self was he did not know, so he toyed with the illusion.

Traditional coach seats gave the illusion of comfortable padding but were angular, not reflecting body shapes.

You said, “freedom of speech is an illusion” and “freedom of assembly is an illusion.”

"Sir, you break the illusion of the scene," mildly remonstrates the showman.

It was followed by several told-you-so articles with titles like “Have No illusion: Islam Is the Enemy.”

There was none of the illusion of separation; he was always there, like Katie.

Democracy is an illusion, freedom of speech is an illusion, freedom of assembly is an illusion.

It was merely a semblance, which effaced itself; the vanishing of an illusion.

And we are under no illusion that this state of affairs is confined to one battalion.