1 [C,U] the fact of seeming to see or hear sb/sth that is not really there, especially because of illness or drugs:
to suffer from / have hallucinations * High temperatures can cause hallucination.
2 [C] something that is seen or heard when it is not really there:
Was the figure real or just a hallucination?
HELPNOTE Some people use an instead of a before hallucination and then usually do not pronounce the 'h'. This now sounds old-fashioned.
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Is hallucination a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hallucination is tagged as noun.
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