An erroneous perception of reality

• will-o'-the-wisp

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• phantasma

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• phantasm

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• mirage

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• illusion

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• ignis fatuus

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• hallucination

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An illusion

• fancy

  1. Highly decorated:
  2. Complex or intricate:
  3. Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:

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  1. Highly decorated:
  2. Complex or intricate:
  3. Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:

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• hallucination

  1. Perception of visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external stimulus and with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or as a response to a drug.
  2. The objects or events so perceived.
  3. A false or mistaken idea.

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  1. Perception of visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external stimulus and with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or as a response to a drug.
  2. The objects or events so perceived.
  3. A false or mistaken idea.

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• phantasm

  1. Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition.
  2. An illusory mental image.
  3. In Platonic philosophy, objective reality as perceived and distorted by the five senses.

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  1. Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition.
  2. An illusory mental image.
  3. In Platonic philosophy, objective reality as perceived and distorted by the five senses.

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A false belief

• fallacy

  1. A false notion.
  2. A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
  3. Incorrectness of reasoning or belief; erroneousness.

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  1. A false notion.
  2. A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
  3. Incorrectness of reasoning or belief; erroneousness.

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• self-deception

  1. The act of deceiving oneself or the state of being deceived by oneself.

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  1. The act of deceiving oneself or the state of being deceived by oneself.

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• misapprehension

  1. a failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding

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  1. a failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding

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• misconception

  1. A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding:

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  1. A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding:

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