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illusion
What does illusion mean?
illusion (noun): an erroneous mental representation.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use illusion in a sentence?
- Reality is an illusion. (Tatoeba sentence #13147886 by rul, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce illusion?
/ɪˈluʒən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does illusion come from?
From Old French illusion, from Latin illūsiō, from illūdere, from in- (“at, upon”) + lūdere (“to play, mock, trick”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “illusion” mean?
a device to measure mass or weight
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any interconnected group or system
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an erroneous mental representation
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more than half (50%) of some group
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