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hallucinatory

/həˈlusənəˌtɔri/
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Something that's hallucinatory appears dreamlike or unreal. If you think you see your cat and dog having a tea party at midnight, feel free to describe it as a hallucinatory sight.

If you sense something hallucinatory, it's either not really there — it's an actual hallucination, an illusory perception — or it's as dreamlike or fantastic as a hallucination. You could describe strange dreams, surreal art, and bizarre movies as hallucinatory, for example. Hallucinatory comes from hallucinate, which originally meant "deceive," from the Latin hallucinatus, "wander in the mind."

Definitions of hallucinatory
  1. adjective
    characterized by or characteristic of hallucination
    “"the bizarre hallucinatory dreams of fever"- Jean Stafford”
    synonyms:
    unreal
    lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria
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