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illusions

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for illusions.

Editorial note

The referendum did have one important effect though: it smashed any illusions that Syriza is the problem.

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Quick take

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah is a novel by writer and pilot Richard Bach.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of illusions gathered in one view.

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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah is a novel by writer and pilot Richard Bach.

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the debut studio album of Sadus originally released in 1988.

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the third solo album by former Misfits vocalist Michale Graves.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for illusions.

N

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah is a novel by writer and pilot Richard Bach.

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the debut studio album of Sadus originally released in 1988.

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the third solo album by former Misfits vocalist Michale Graves.

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jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe's third album for the Columbia label, recorded in New York City in 1980.

Example sentences

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The referendum did have one important effect though: it smashed any illusions that Syriza is the problem.

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In the last ones I was seeing optical illusions - black dots were appearing at the white intersections!

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One of the most dangerous illusions you get from school is the idea that doing great things requires a lot of discipline.

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It's the folk-theories of those objects that are illusions, in the sense of providing intuitive but false causal explanations for the phenomena in question.

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There are optical illusions that mess with our visual system, of course.

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Yet I'm under no illusions that drinking 15 servings of alcohol a week regularly is recommended.

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Put people in holodecks and give them illusions of loving friends?

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I have no illusions about being able to negotiate a contract I get from Geico.

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If only we would be able to optimise optical illusions for a given human viewer...

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Go ahead and shatter my illusions, why don't you.

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Still, I have no illusions that this process will be fair and enjoyable.

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Humans are able to recognize these as optical illusions.

Quote examples

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Someday this "quantum weirdness" will seem about as normal as a round earth and those who thought it strange simply had illusions the earth is flat.

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That their illusions about America having been a particularly "free" country in the first place are being shattered.

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(otherwise we wouldn't be calling them "illusions") Further, none of the optical illusions shown are so wildly "off" and "crazy" as the algorithmic goofs demonstrated in the paper referenced above.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use illusions in a sentence?

The referendum did have one important effect though: it smashed any illusions that Syriza is the problem.

What does illusions mean?

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah is a novel by writer and pilot Richard Bach.

What part of speech is illusions?

illusions is commonly used as N.