different between alienation vs hallucination

English

Etymology

From Middle English alienacioun, from Old French alienacion, from Latin ali?n?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?e?li.??ne???n]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

alienation (usually uncountable, plural alienations)

1. The act of alienating.
2. The state of being alienated.

   Synonym: estrangement
3. Emotional isolation or dissociation.
4. (theater) Verfremdungseffekt.
5. (property law) The transfer of property to another person.

Translations

Further reading

• "alienation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 33.
• alienation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• alienation (property law) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• social alienation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• alineation

Middle English

Noun

alienation

1. Alternative form of alienacioun

English

Etymology

Derives from the verb hallucinate, from Latin hallucinatus. Compare French hallucination. The first known usage in the English language is from Sir Thomas Browne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??lu?s??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

hallucination (countable and uncountable, plural hallucinations)

1. A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; a delusion.
   • 1871, William Alexander Hammond, A Treatise on the Diseases of the Nervous System

     Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity.

2. The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; an error, mistake or blunder.

   • This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hall?cin?ti?; synchronically analysable as halluciner +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.ly.si.na.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: hallucinations

Noun

hallucination f (plural hallucinations)

1. hallucination

Related terms

• hallucinant
• hallucinatoire
• halluciné
• halluciner
• hallucinogène
• hallucinose

Further reading

• “hallucination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).