hallucination
/həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/
EN
A sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, often caused by mental illness, drugs, or neurological damage; in generative AI, it also refers to a false, fabricated response or fact presented as factual by the model.
The patient reported experiencing vivid visual hallucinations after starting the new medication.
Etymology
The word entered English in the early 17th century from the French hallucination, which derived from the Latin hallucinatio meaning 'wandering of the mind', from the verb hallucinari meaning 'to wander in mind, to dream'.
Translations
简体中文
幻觉,幻视,幻听
繁體中文
幻覺,幻視,幻聽
日本語
幻覚,ハルシネーション
한국어
환각,헬루시네이션
Deutsch
Halluzination,Wahnvorstellung
Español
alucinación
Português
alucinação
Français
Tiếng Việt
ảo giác,ảo tưởng
Related Words
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