noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
optical illusion
shatter sb’s illusions (= make someone realise their beliefs are wrong )
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I hate to be the one to shatter your illusions, but you’re wrong.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
optical
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For once, the optical illusion experienced by sailors leaving port seemed apt.
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This is called an optical illusion , which means that your eyes trick you into seeing something that is not really there.
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Shiseido's Wrinkle Smoothing Concentrate works on the principle of an optical illusion .
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Even better, the full Coliseum will not be an optical illusion .
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It was probably an optical illusion , but the place seemed to be flying more eagles and swastikas than stars and stripes.
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Most argued that the canals were optical illusions , and that Mars was a cold, waterless, radiation-baked world.
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This is an optical illusion in which the diagram of a skeleton cube appears to the observer in either of two orientations.
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Even knowing what he did, Kirov found it difficult to see how the optical illusion had been managed.
■ NOUN
money
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Some saw the irrational spectre of money illusion lurking menacingly in the wings.
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Capitalists are smart enough not to suffer from money illusion .
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The irrational spectre of money illusion is often seen to lie behind the complex facade of income-expenditure models derived from the system.
■ VERB
create
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His remedy was to divide the garden with a wicker arch into two sections, to create an illusion of space.
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First, the leader has or creates the illusion of a track record of success.
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Pool will use the outer planets to create the illusion of a nova.
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The approach of many a trainee, therefore, was to create the illusion of desirability.
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The eccentric shape of the room made a cranny, and here he could create the illusion of solitude.
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Of course, the anchor has had plenty of help from plenty of crafts people in creating the illusion of calm omniscience.
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The fields interlace on screen to create the illusion of full pictures.
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It needed gobs of honey or molasses along with a big wad of butter to create the illusion of good eating.
foster
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Political warfare fosters the illusion of an active system full of excitement and competition.
give
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It gave an illusion of space and space meant freedom.
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You are given the illusion you can do it without an expenditure of a lot of your own time.
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Nigel was ostentatiously smoking a big cigar to give an illusion of poise.
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It gives them the illusion of divine aura.
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The shorts were pleated about the waist and flared widely, giving an illusion of being a too short skirt.
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Informal resistance against formal organisation gives the illusion of regaining control.
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Charles stressed that Aimee's hair would look especially striking if it was darkened and enriched to give the illusion of body.
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However, the container is likely to be tapered towards the top and striped, giving the illusion of quantity.
maintain
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The nitrous-oxide bottle is hidden under the rear hugger to maintain the illusion that the bike is standard.
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Some people who shop resale stores enjoy maintaining the illusion that they can afford full-price designer wear.
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This maintains the important illusion that one has stepped into a warm stream in a lush tropical forest.
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The me directs these chains in keeping with its desire to maintain the illusion of wholeness and continuity.
offer
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Rape offers the illusion of complete control, obtained either by a weapon, physical or verbal intimidation or drugging.
shatter
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However the motion of the car shatters any illusion that you are travelling through space!
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It would shatter the illusion he was trying to create of having a unique grasp of this new warrant business.
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Let us not shatter that illusion for a week or so.
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Mourning shatters the illusions of self-sufficiency and breaks through the blindness of self-containment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Alcohol gives some people the illusion of being witty and confident.
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It's a small room, but the mirrors create an illusion of space.
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People had bought these houses under the illusion that their value would just keep on rising.
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She isn't particularly tall, but her upright posture gives an illusion of height.
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She thought he loved her but it was just an illusion .
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The road appears to get narrower as you look into the distance, but it's just an illusion .
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There seems to be a widespread illusion that there are no class barriers anymore.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Carter was well aware of these problems when he was approached by Vance, and had no illusions about the job.
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Even better this year than last, though maybe that's just an illusion .
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Even better, the full Coliseum will not be an optical illusion .
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Farther west is the Hudson River, creating the illusion that ocean liners occasionally sail down the street.
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Professor Gregory is distinguished for his studies in experimental psychology, most notably in visual perception and the nature of visual illusions.
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The whole thing is just a gigantic illusion .
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Through this process of the return to the mean or average, the superbly intelligent, highly motivated race remains an illusion .