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illusion
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[ noun ] an erroneous mental representation
Synonyms Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Most psychiatrists dismiss these instances of that weird feeling as the deja_vu ( already seen ) illusion , just as they dismiss dream previsions as coincidences . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Linking the smoothly changing images together , the eye itself endows them with the illusion of movement . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)These areas by_virtue_of their abrupt density of pattern , stated the literal surface with such new and superior force that the resulting contrast drove the simulated printing into a depth from which it could be rescued - and set to shuttling again - only by conventional perspective ; that_is , by being placed in such relation to the forms depicted within the illusion that these forms left no room for the typography except near the surface . The process of flattening seemed inexorable , and it became necessary to emphasize the surface still further in_order to prevent it from fusing with the illusion . For the illusion of depth created by the contrast between the affixed material and everything else gives_way immediately to an illusion of forms in bas-relief , which gives_way in_turn , and with equal immediacy , to an illusion that seems to contain both - or neither . Related terms |
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[ noun ] something many people believe that is false
Examples "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)If deja_vu is an illusion , then peculiarly , it is a most prevalent mental_disturbance affecting even the most level-headed people . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)With_respect_to those countries whose leaders prefer to live with their illusions , we can afford to wait , for in_time their comparative lack of progress will become clear for all to see . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)That a writer who is gay cannot be serious is a common professional illusion , sedulously fostered by all_too many academics who mistakenly believe that their frivolous efforts should be taken seriously because they are expressed with that dreary solemnity which is the only mode of expression their authors are capable of . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The comfort was short-lived , yet she found herself returning to the assurance whenever her imagination forced images on her too awful to contemplate without the prop of illusion . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)It seemed to her , as it seemed each night , that the gloom drew itself in and became densest at the table 's empty chairs , giving her the frequent illusion that she dined with shadows . Related terms misconception wishful_thinking will-o'-the-wisp bubble visualize |
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[ noun ] deception by creating illusory ideas
Synonyms Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)That this abandonment takes_place on a stage , during an ' artistic ' performance , is enough to associate Jacoby with art , and to bring_down upon him the punishment for art ; that_is , he is suspect , guilty , punishable , as is anyone in Mann 's stories who produces illusion , and this is true even_though the constant elements of the artist nature , technique , magic , guilt and suffering , are divided in this story between Jacoby and La^utner . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (performing arts) an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
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