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madness
English
Etymology
From Middle English madnes, madnesse; equivalent to mad +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?mæd.n?s/, /?mæd.n?s/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?mad.n?s/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?m?d.n?s/
Noun
madness (countable and uncountable, plural madnesses)
- The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
- rash folly
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:insanity
Antonyms
- sanity
Translations
Anagrams
- Amsdens, desmans
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illusion
English
Etymology
From Old French illusion, from Latin ill?si?, from ill?dere, from in- (“at, upon”) + l?dere (“to play, mock, trick”). Displaced native Old English dwimmer.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l(j)u??(?)n/
- (General American) enPR: ?-lo?o'zh?n, IPA(key): [??lu?.??n]
- (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /??l(j)u?zj(?)n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
Noun
illusion (countable and uncountable, plural illusions)
- (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
- (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- (countable) A magician’s trick.
- (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.
Synonyms
- (that seems to be something it is not): mirage, phantom
- (a belief in something untrue; the state of being misled): delusion
- (a belief in something untrue): misapprehension, misbelief, misconception
Derived terms
Translations
Danish
Etymology
From French illusion, from Latin ill?sio.
Noun
illusion c (singular definite illusionen, plural indefinite illusioner)
- illusion
Inflection
Further reading
- “illusion” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ly.zj??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: illusions
Noun
illusion f (plural illusions)
- illusion
Related terms
- illusoire
- illusoirement
Descendants
- ? Danish: illusion
Further reading
- “illusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l???u?n/
Noun
illusion c
- an illusion
Declension
Related terms
- illusorisk
See also
- illustration
- illustrera
- synvilla
- trick
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