VISUAL HALLUCINATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Illusory visual perception

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("visual hallucination" is a kind of...):

hallucination (illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visual hallucination"):

chromatism (hallucinatory perception of colored lights)

pink elephants (any visual hallucination arising from heavy drinking)

zoopsia (visual hallucination of animals; sometimes occurring in delirium tremens)

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