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illusion, a misrepresentation of a “real” sensory stimulus —that is, an interpretation that contradicts objective “reality” as defined by general agreement. For example, a child who perceives tree branches at night as if they are goblins may be said to be having an illusion.
- Louis Jolyon West
Apr 30, 2018 · This way of being that one recognizes only retrospectively may be called “illusionment,” a state of being apprehended in the very process of its falling apart.
The term illusion refers to a specific form of sensory distortion. Unlike a hallucination, which is a distortion in the absence of a stimulus, an illusion describes a misinterpretation of a true sensation.
With a crisis of disillusionment-or existential disillusionment-one falls away from a coherence of meaning, revealing a system of intertwined fundamental illusions that had always been lived within and implicit, part of one's being-in-the-world, and that now seem broken, strange, and uncanny.
- Alfred Margulies
- 2018
: perception of something objectively existing in such a way as to cause misinterpretation of its actual nature. (2) : hallucination sense 1. (3) : a pattern capable of reversible perspective. 2. a (1) : the state or fact of being intellectually deceived or misled : misapprehension. (2) : an instance of such deception. b.
ILLUSION definition: 1. an idea or belief that is not true: 2. something that is not really what it seems to be: 3. an…. Learn more.
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Apr 19, 2018 · n. a false sensory percept. Illusions of the senses, such as visual illusions, result from the misinterpretation of sensory stimuli. For example, parallel railroad tracks appear to meet in the distance (see alley problem; linear perspective).
