1 [C,U] a false idea or belief, especially about sb or about a situation:
I have no illusions about her feelings for me (= I know the truth is that she does not love me). * She's under the illusion that (= believes wrongly that) she'll get the job. * He could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality. * I don't want to have my illusions shattered!
2 [C] something that seems to exist but in fact does not, or seems to be sth that it is not:
Mirrors in a room often give an illusion of space. * The idea of absolute personal freedom is an illusion.
seealsoOPTICALILLUSION
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for illusion is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is illusion a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, illusion is tagged as noun.
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