ψευδαίσθηση
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Greek
Etymology
From ψευδ- (psevd-, “pseudo-”) + αίσθηση (aísthisi, “feeling”), on the model of παραίσθηση (paraísthisi).[1] First attested as Katharevousa ψευδαίσθησις (psevdaísthisis) in 1888.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pseˈvðe.sθi.si/
- with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tim‿bzeˈvðe.sθi.si/
- Hyphenation: ψευ‧δαί‧σθη‧ση
Noun
ψευδαίσθηση • (psevdaísthisi) f (plural ψευδαισθήσεις)
Usage notes
- ψευδαίσθηση (psevdaísthisi) denotes a hallucination arising in the mind in the absence of an external sensory stimulus. By contrast, παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) denotes a misperception of an external sensory stimulus.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ψευδαίσθηση (psevdaísthisi) | ψευδαισθήσεις (psevdaisthíseis) |
| genitive | ψευδαίσθησης (psevdaísthisis) | ψευδαισθήσεων (psevdaisthíseon) |
| accusative | ψευδαίσθηση (psevdaísthisi) | ψευδαισθήσεις (psevdaisthíseis) |
| vocative | ψευδαίσθηση (psevdaísthisi) | ψευδαισθήσεις (psevdaisthíseis) |
Older or formal genitive singular: ψευδαισθήσεως (psevdaisthíseos)
References
- ^ ψευδαίσθηση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ ψευδαίσθησις 88 [1888] p.1129, vol.2 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).
Further reading
ψευδαίσθηση on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
