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Delusions; Perceptions not based on reality.

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Usage examples (34)
  • And you have to understand, in -- in Latin, the word hallucinations means wanderings.
  • Shamans were people who could see visions and go on journeys that we now label hallucinations and schizophrenia.
  • Other days, he felt like a hallucinations might be a better thing.
  • But he was—when you have a person who has hallucinations, that is a loss of contact with reality.
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