n. Function: noun
1 something accepted as true that is actually false or unreal FF1C; people who suffer from delusions of persecution FF1E;
Synonyms: hallucination, ignis fatuus, illusion, mirage, phantasm
Related Words: chicane, chicanery, deception, trickery; cheat, counterfeit, deceit, fake, fraud, humbug, imposture, sham; daydream, dream, fancy, fantasy, figment, vision; apparition, eidolon, ghost, phantom, shade
Antonyms: reality
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Synonyms: FALLACY 2, casuistry, deception, deceptiveness, equivocation, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness
Antonyms: verity