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ignis fatuus n.
illusion n.

NOUN

ignis fatuus

Synonyms

WEAK

apparition bubble chimera confusion daydream deception deja vu delusion error fallacy false impression fancy fantasy figment of imagination fool's paradise ghost hallucination head trip hocus-pocus idolism image invention make believe mirage misapprehension misbelief misconception misimpression mockery myth optical illusion paramnesia phantasm phantasma pipe dream rainbow seeming semblance trip virtual reality will-o'-the-wisp

NOUN

illusion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confusion deception delusion fantasy hallucination image misconception myth pipe dream semblance

STRONG

apparition bubble chimera daydream error fallacy fancy ghost hocus-pocus invention make believe mirage misapprehension mockery paramnesia phantasm rainbow trip

WEAK

déjà vu false impression figment of imagination fool's paradise head trip idolism misbelief misimpression optical illusion seeming virtual reality

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fact reality truth

STRONG

being certainty correction right

WEAK

event

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ignus fatuus

"It is the ignus fatuus of my freedom," said he, with a weary smile.

From Frederick the Great and His Family by Mrs. Chapman Coleman

It is a misfortune for any man when his ignus fatuus fails to elude him.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook

We thus progressed nearly two miles, and yet the ignus fatuus which tempted us upon the mad journey shone as distant as ever.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad

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