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hallucination

[huh-loo-suh-nay-shuhn] / həˌlu səˈneɪ ʃən /


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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

It sometimes seems that she’s a screen-generated hallucination, someone living inside of a machine that hums inside of another machine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

An episode is prison slang for a severe hallucination.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

It was all so disturbingly normal—besides the sheer amount of money that must have gone into it—that for a moment I thought the whole place might be a hallucination.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

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

Detecting AI is like trying to detect lies: In most cases, there is no single signature that gives AI away, aside from hallucinations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The "polka dot queen" channelled hallucinations and battles with mental health into vibrant art featuring her trademark dots, nets and infinity motifs over a career spanning decades and continents.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

José Arcadio Buendía, annoyed by his wife's hallucinations, went out into the courtyard armed with the spear.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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