SWEVEN Synonyms

• (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary

• a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea

• the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

• imagination unrestricted by reality

• fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

• something many people believe that is false

• indulge in fantasies

• a contrived or fantastic idea

• illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

• a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea

• an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode

• an erroneous mental representation

• something many people believe that is false

• the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

• something illusory and unattainable

• a ghostly appearing figure

• something existing in perception only

• absentminded dreaming while awake

• an abstracted state of absorption

• a vivid mental image

• the ability to see; the visual faculty

• the perceptual experience of seeing

• the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

• a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance