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illusion: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"; an erroneous mental representation

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spoofing collapse

victimization collapse: adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"

snow job collapse: a long and elaborate misrepresentation

self-deception collapse: a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it

entrapment collapse: a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials

circumvention collapse: the act of evading by going around

mirage collapse: something illusory and unattainable; an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

it collapse

undeceived collapse

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

kidding collapse

dreamworld collapse

preconception collapse: an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions"

song and dance collapse: theatrical performance combining singing and dancing

errancy collapse: fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err; (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church"

stretch of the imagination collapse

castle in the air collapse

figment collapse: a contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination"

imagination collapse: the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"; the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

phantasm collapse

consumerism collapse: a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers; the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial

shopping collapse: searching for or buying goods or services; "went shopping for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall rather than down town"

disenchanted collapse: freed from enchantment

wishful thinking collapse: the illusion that what you wish for is actually true

fooling collapse: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

wildest dream collapse

misbelief collapse

wrong impression collapse

entanglement collapse

figment of the imagination collapse

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

disillusioned collapse: freed from illusion

positivism collapse: the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)

self-contradiction collapse: contradicting yourself

afterimage collapse: an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased

whim collapse

fallacy collapse: a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

untruth collapse

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