hallucination
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If reality truly is nothing more than a hallucination, dream or computer screensaver in the brain, why should we waste time disputing it?
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
"For a young person, if you don't have what we call 'foundational knowledge' it might be hard for you to figure out whether something is a hallucination or whether it's genuine."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
An episode is prison slang for a severe hallucination.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Whatever adviser is feeding that hallucination is a poster child for America’s fourth-grade math problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
He is just a hallucination within a simulation.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Non-motor symptoms include depression, anxiety, apathy, hallucinations, constipation, orthostatic hypotension, sleep disorders, loss of sense of smell, and cognitive impairments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Postpartum psychosis can involve hallucinations and delusions, and her lawyers argued that she was unable to understand the nature of her actions or distinguish right from wrong.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Postpartum psychosis, characterized by losing touch with reality and experiencing paranoia, delusions or hallucinations, is far rarer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Her larger-than-life paintings, sculptures and installations -- inspired by vivid hallucinations -- sold for millions of dollars and packed out top galleries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Yes. If hallucinations can appear this ‘real’ to us, to anyone, if hallucinations are catching and almost believable, it’s no wonder they mistook us for psychotics.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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