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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ālūcinātiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /halut͡sinaˈt͡si̯oːn/
Noun
Halluzination f (genitive Halluzination, plural Halluzinationen)
- hallucination (sensory perception of something that does not exist)
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [Human, All Too Human], section 12:Die vollkommene Deutlichkeit aller Traum-Vorstellungen, welche den unbedingten Glauben an ihre Realität zur Voraussetzung hat, erinnert uns wieder an Zustände früherer Menschheit, in der die Hallucination ausserordentlich häufig war und mitunter ganze Gemeinden, ganze Völker gleichzeitig ergriff.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Halluzination
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