illusionn.

/ɪˈl(j)uːʒən/

Forms: Also Middle English illusyon(e, Middle English–1500s -sioun, 1500s -tion.

Etymology: < French illusion (12th cent. in Oxf. Psal. lxxviii. 4), < Latin illūsiōn-em mocking, jeering, (in Vulgate) deceit, illusion, noun of action < illūdĕre to illude v.

The action of illuding, the condition of being illuded; that whereby one is illuded.

†1. The action of deriding or mocking; derision, mockery. Also (with plural) an instance of this. Obsolete.Apparently only as transl. of, or in reference to, Latin illūsio.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun]

hokerOE

hethingc1175

scornc1175

gabbinga1225

bourd1320

scoffc1330

illusiona1382

mowinga1382

derisiona1400

mockery?a1439

alluding1535

dor1552

jerking1565

mock1569

frumpery1582

subsannation1587

floutage1600

ridiculous1605

ludibry1637

ridicule1675

razoo1888

stick1956

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxvi. 4 I shal chesen the illusiouns [a1425 L.V. scornyngis] of hem.

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4601 Remyttyng the to pilat after this illusionne.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. SSSv^v On his betrayeng and illusions, howe he was mocked & scorned before Anna and Cayphas.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 118 Our nichtbouris..leuch at vs with greit Illusioun.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Illusion, a mocking or scorning.

†a. The action, or an act, of deceiving the bodily eye by false or unreal appearances, or the mental eye by false prospects, statements, etc.; deception, delusion, befooling. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun]

swikingc1000

illusionc1340

phantoma1375

phantomya1400

delusion1526

elusion1550

falsery1594

disillusion1598

imposture1643

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun]

hue971

glozea1300

showingc1300

coloura1325

illusionc1340

frontc1374

simulationc1380

visage1390

cheera1393

sign?a1425

countenance?c1425

study?c1430

cloak1526

false colour1531

visure1531

face1542

masquery?1544

show1547

gloss1548

glass1552

affectation1561

colourableness1571

fashion1571

personage?1571

ostentation1607

disguise1632

lustrementa1641

grimace1655

varnish1662

masquerade1674

guisea1677

whitewash1730

varnish1743

maya1789

vraisemblance1802

Japan1856

veneering1865

veneer1868

affectedness1873

candy coating1885

simulance1885

window dressing1903

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 17 Wha-so þan will here aungells sange, and noghte be dyssayuede by feynynge..ne by illusyone of þe enemy.

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 120 To muchel folk we doon illusion.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 5 With suttelte and wykkit illusione The worthi Scottis to put to confusione.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 130/2 Done by the deuil..for the illusyon of them that with ydolatry had deserued to be deluded.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 179 I told my Lord the Duke, by th'Diuels illusions The Monke might be deceiu'd.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 250 This had been little better than a downright Illusion and abusing of him.

b. The fact or condition of being deceived or deluded by appearances, or an instance of this; a mental state involving the attribution of reality to what is unreal; a false conception or idea; a deception, delusion, fancy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] > condition of being deluded

illusion1571

hallucinationa1652

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > condition of being deluded

delusionc1420

dream1489

illusion1571

hallucinationa1652

phantastry1656

1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxviii. 17 Can I nocht tell gif be Illutioun, Or gif be feir sic fantaseis we tak.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 158 The illusions of their bewitched mindes.

1665 E. Stillingfleet Rational Acct. Protestant Relig. 600 [They] have fallen into many illusions and deceitful fancies.

1721 E. Young Revenge v. ii Let us talk of Love, Plunge ourselves deep into the sweet illusion.

1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) I. 314 They could not be under an illusion themselves.

1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. v. §61. 224 A sense of universal illusion ordinarily follows the reading of metaphysics.

1875 R. W. Emerson Immortality in Wks. (1906) III. 286 The youth puts off the illusions of the child.

3. Something that deceives or deludes by producing a false impression; a deceptive or illusive appearance, statement, belief, etc.; in early use often spec. An unreal visual appearance, an apparition, phantom.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun]

fantasyc1325

fairyc1330

illusionc1374

mazec1390

phantasma1398

dream1489

phantom1557

seeming1576

phantasma1598

fancy1609

hallucinationa1652

phantastry1656

phasm1659

fata Morgana1818

dreamland1832

stardust1906

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > an instance of, illusion

wielOE

illusionc1374

phantoma1375

delusion1552

allusion1595

blandation1612

prestigy1615

mirage1813

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 368 Prestes of þe temple tellen þis That dremes ben þe reuelacions Of goddes, and..That þey ben Infernals illusions.

c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 493 O Criste..Fro Fantome and Illusion Me save.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. c. f. xl^v Whiche is nat comely to any Cristen Relygyon to gyue to any suche Fantastycall Illusions any mynde or credence.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 127 Stay illusion, If there be any good thing to be done..Speake to mee.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. ii. 167 Their pretexts were but illusions, to amuse, and baffle the Plaicsends of the Germans.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 19 Jove..bids an empty Phantome rise to sight..Swift as the Word the vain Illusion fled.

1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. i. 33 Come, smiling Hope—divine Illusion! come.

1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 4th Ser. ix. 78 These were all an illusion and a phantasma, a thing that appeared, but did not really exist.

a. Sensuous perception of an external object, involving a false belief or conception: strictly distinguished from hallucination, but in general use often made to include it, and hence = the apparent perception of an external object when no such object is present, or of attributes of an object which do not exist. Also (with plural) an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > aberrant sensory perception > [noun]

hallucination1646

illusion1774

pseudo-hallucination1888

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] > delusive habit or state

phantasma1250

mazec1300

fantasy1340

fancy1597

illusiveness1727

illusion1774

mythicalism1896

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 147 Hitherto..they only seem to fortify the organ for seeing distinctly; but they have still many illusions to correct.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xlviii. 381 In lifting our eyes to the firmament, we see all the stars, as it were, attached to the same dome. But, this is merely an optical illusion.

1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. vi. 84 You may paint a picture in which rocks, trees, and sky are never mistaken for what they seem, yet produce all the emotion which real rocks, trees and sky would produce. This is illusion.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 193 Frescos brought to such perspective illusion, that the edges seem to project into air.

1859 R. T. Hulme tr. A. Brierre de Boismont Hallucinations i. 21 We define..an illusion as the false appreciation of real sensations.

1881 G. J. Romanes in Nature 30 June 185/1 As distinguished from hallucinations, illusions ‘must always have a starting-point in some actual impression, whereas a hallucination has no such basis’.

1886 E. Gurney et al. Phantasms of Living II. 184 Illusion consists either in perceiving a totally wrong object in place of the right one..or in investing the right object with the wrong attributes.

b. the argument from illusion (Philosophy): the argument that the objects of sense-experience, usually called ideas, appearances, or sense-data, cannot be objects in a physical world independent of the perceiver, since they vary according to his condition and environment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > subjectivism > [noun] > illusionism and its adherents

illusionism1843

illusionist1843

the argument from illusion1932

1932 H. H. Price Perception ii. 27 It is commonly held that the Argument from Illusion (as it is called) is sufficient to refute Naïve Realism.

1936 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth & Logic viii. 228 The so-called argument from illusion.

1940 A. J. Ayer Found. Empirical Knowl. i. 3 The answer is provided by what is known as the argument from illusion.

1962 J. L. Austin's Sense & Sensibilia iii. 20 The primary purpose of the argument from illusion is to induce people to accept ‘sense-data’.

1971 A. Flew Introd. Western Philos. 353 We can characterize the Argument from Illusion as the attempt to show that..what we actually see is never things but only the appearances of things.

5. A name given to a thin and very transparent kind of tulle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > thin or light weight

sendala1225

silk chiffon1530

silk gauze1530

silk jersey1530

patola1605

China silk1614

China-crape1813

senshaw1817

tullec1818

zephyrine1820

mousseline de soie1850

lisse1852

illusion1857

sendaline1866

crêpe de chine1872

louisine1882

chameleon tulle1896

météor1908

1857 Lawrence (Kansas Territory) Republican 28 May 3 Lace, Gimp, Straw, Silk, Blend, Hair and Illusion Bonnets.

1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xxxv. 423 M. Doguin, who afterwards used the fine silks, and invented that popular material first called ‘zephyr’, since ‘illusion’.

1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xiv. 207 She put on Flo's old white silk ball dress, and covered it with a cloud of fresh illusion.

1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 14 An emerald-colored illusion dress looped up after the fashion of a Dresden china shepherdess.

1873 Young Englishwoman Jan. 50/1 White muslin, trimmed with white lace, illusion veil.

1887 B. L. Farjeon While Golden Sleep 8 Pale blue silk, looped up with illusion and forget-me-nots.

1902 Daily Chron. 13 Dec. 8/4 It was trimmed with ruches of black tulle illusion.

1967 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. v. 2/3 The headpiece was a lace mantilla with an illusion veil.

Compounds

General attributive.

C1.

illusion effect n.

ΚΠ

1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 85 77 Differences in the magnitude of the illusion-effect were introduced.

C2.

illusion-disturbing adj.

ΚΠ

1909 W. M. Urban Valuation ix. 275 The elimination of illusion-disturbing moments is a conscious process.

illusion-proof adj.

ΚΠ

1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan p. xvi Napoleon or any other illusionproof genius.

Derivatives

iˈllusionless adj. not characterized by illusions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adjective]

positive1594

literal1633

unprojecting1647

pounds, shillings, and pence?1650

matter of fact1712

unvisionary1794

unimaginative1814

literalist1838

literal-mindeda1849

visionless1856

realistic1862

terre-à-terre1888

pragmatical1896

illusionless1897

cookie cutter1922

down to earth1922

1897 G. B. Shaw in Academy 16 Jan. 67/2 Illusionless conversation..when the old people in Ibsen..tell each other the frozen truth.

1964 S. Bellow Herzog 229 His face was illusionless, without need of hypocrisy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	illusion
释义	illusionn. /ɪˈl(j)uːʒən/ Forms: Also Middle English illusyon(e, Middle English–1500s -sioun, 1500s -tion. Etymology: < French illusion (12th cent. in Oxf. Psal. lxxviii. 4), < Latin illūsiōn-em mocking, jeering, (in Vulgate) deceit, illusion, noun of action < illūdĕre to illude v. The action of illuding, the condition of being illuded; that whereby one is illuded. †1. The action of deriding or mocking; derision, mockery. Also (with plural) an instance of this. Obsolete.Apparently only as transl. of, or in reference to, Latin illūsio. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun] hokerOE hethingc1175 scornc1175 gabbinga1225 bourd1320 scoffc1330 illusiona1382 mowinga1382 derisiona1400 mockery?a1439 alluding1535 dor1552 jerking1565 mock1569 frumpery1582 subsannation1587 floutage1600 ridiculous1605 ludibry1637 ridicule1675 razoo1888 stick1956 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxvi. 4 I shal chesen the illusiouns [a1425 L.V. scornyngis] of hem. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4601 Remyttyng the to pilat after this illusionne. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. SSSv^v On his betrayeng and illusions, howe he was mocked & scorned before Anna and Cayphas. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 118 Our nichtbouris..leuch at vs with greit Illusioun. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Illusion, a mocking or scorning. 2. †a. The action, or an act, of deceiving the bodily eye by false or unreal appearances, or the mental eye by false prospects, statements, etc.; deception, delusion, befooling. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] swikingc1000 illusionc1340 phantoma1375 phantomya1400 delusion1526 elusion1550 falsery1594 disillusion1598 imposture1643 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] hue971 glozea1300 showingc1300 coloura1325 illusionc1340 frontc1374 simulationc1380 visage1390 cheera1393 sign?a1425 countenance?c1425 study?c1430 cloak1526 false colour1531 visure1531 face1542 masquery?1544 show1547 gloss1548 glass1552 affectation1561 colourableness1571 fashion1571 personage?1571 ostentation1607 disguise1632 lustrementa1641 grimace1655 varnish1662 masquerade1674 guisea1677 whitewash1730 varnish1743 maya1789 vraisemblance1802 Japan1856 veneering1865 veneer1868 affectedness1873 candy coating1885 simulance1885 window dressing1903 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 17 Wha-so þan will here aungells sange, and noghte be dyssayuede by feynynge..ne by illusyone of þe enemy. c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 120 To muchel folk we doon illusion. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 5 With suttelte and wykkit illusione The worthi Scottis to put to confusione. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 130/2 Done by the deuil..for the illusyon of them that with ydolatry had deserued to be deluded. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. ii. 179 I told my Lord the Duke, by th'Diuels illusions The Monke might be deceiu'd. View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 250 This had been little better than a downright Illusion and abusing of him. b. The fact or condition of being deceived or deluded by appearances, or an instance of this; a mental state involving the attribution of reality to what is unreal; a false conception or idea; a deception, delusion, fancy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] > condition of being deluded illusion1571 hallucinationa1652 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > condition of being deluded delusionc1420 dream1489 illusion1571 hallucinationa1652 phantastry1656 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxviii. 17 Can I nocht tell gif be Illutioun, Or gif be feir sic fantaseis we tak. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 158 The illusions of their bewitched mindes. 1665 E. Stillingfleet Rational Acct. Protestant Relig. 600 [They] have fallen into many illusions and deceitful fancies. 1721 E. Young Revenge v. ii Let us talk of Love, Plunge ourselves deep into the sweet illusion. 1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) I. 314 They could not be under an illusion themselves. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. v. §61. 224 A sense of universal illusion ordinarily follows the reading of metaphysics. 1875 R. W. Emerson Immortality in Wks. (1906) III. 286 The youth puts off the illusions of the child. 3. Something that deceives or deludes by producing a false impression; a deceptive or illusive appearance, statement, belief, etc.; in early use often spec. An unreal visual appearance, an apparition, phantom. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] fantasyc1325 fairyc1330 illusionc1374 mazec1390 phantasma1398 dream1489 phantom1557 seeming1576 phantasma1598 fancy1609 hallucinationa1652 phantastry1656 phasm1659 fata Morgana1818 dreamland1832 stardust1906 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > an instance of, illusion wielOE illusionc1374 phantoma1375 delusion1552 allusion1595 blandation1612 prestigy1615 mirage1813 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 368 Prestes of þe temple tellen þis That dremes ben þe reuelacions Of goddes, and..That þey ben Infernals illusions. c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 493 O Criste..Fro Fantome and Illusion Me save. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. c. f. xl^v Whiche is nat comely to any Cristen Relygyon to gyue to any suche Fantastycall Illusions any mynde or credence. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 127 Stay illusion, If there be any good thing to be done..Speake to mee. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. ii. 167 Their pretexts were but illusions, to amuse, and baffle the Plaicsends of the Germans. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 19 Jove..bids an empty Phantome rise to sight..Swift as the Word the vain Illusion fled. 1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. i. 33 Come, smiling Hope—divine Illusion! come. 1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1876) 4th Ser. ix. 78 These were all an illusion and a phantasma, a thing that appeared, but did not really exist. 4. a. Sensuous perception of an external object, involving a false belief or conception: strictly distinguished from hallucination, but in general use often made to include it, and hence = the apparent perception of an external object when no such object is present, or of attributes of an object which do not exist. Also (with plural) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > aberrant sensory perception > [noun] hallucination1646 illusion1774 pseudo-hallucination1888 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] > delusive habit or state phantasma1250 mazec1300 fantasy1340 fancy1597 illusiveness1727 illusion1774 mythicalism1896 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 147 Hitherto..they only seem to fortify the organ for seeing distinctly; but they have still many illusions to correct. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xlviii. 381 In lifting our eyes to the firmament, we see all the stars, as it were, attached to the same dome. But, this is merely an optical illusion. 1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. vi. 84 You may paint a picture in which rocks, trees, and sky are never mistaken for what they seem, yet produce all the emotion which real rocks, trees and sky would produce. This is illusion. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 193 Frescos brought to such perspective illusion, that the edges seem to project into air. 1859 R. T. Hulme tr. A. Brierre de Boismont Hallucinations i. 21 We define..an illusion as the false appreciation of real sensations. 1881 G. J. Romanes in Nature 30 June 185/1 As distinguished from hallucinations, illusions ‘must always have a starting-point in some actual impression, whereas a hallucination has no such basis’. 1886 E. Gurney et al. Phantasms of Living II. 184 Illusion consists either in perceiving a totally wrong object in place of the right one..or in investing the right object with the wrong attributes. b. the argument from illusion (Philosophy): the argument that the objects of sense-experience, usually called ideas, appearances, or sense-data, cannot be objects in a physical world independent of the perceiver, since they vary according to his condition and environment. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > subjectivism > [noun] > illusionism and its adherents illusionism1843 illusionist1843 the argument from illusion1932 1932 H. H. Price Perception ii. 27 It is commonly held that the Argument from Illusion (as it is called) is sufficient to refute Naïve Realism. 1936 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth & Logic viii. 228 The so-called argument from illusion. 1940 A. J. Ayer Found. Empirical Knowl. i. 3 The answer is provided by what is known as the argument from illusion. 1962 J. L. Austin's Sense & Sensibilia iii. 20 The primary purpose of the argument from illusion is to induce people to accept ‘sense-data’. 1971 A. Flew Introd. Western Philos. 353 We can characterize the Argument from Illusion as the attempt to show that..what we actually see is never things but only the appearances of things. 5. A name given to a thin and very transparent kind of tulle. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > thin or light weight sendala1225 silk chiffon1530 silk gauze1530 silk jersey1530 patola1605 China silk1614 China-crape1813 senshaw1817 tullec1818 zephyrine1820 mousseline de soie1850 lisse1852 illusion1857 sendaline1866 crêpe de chine1872 louisine1882 chameleon tulle1896 météor1908 1857 Lawrence (Kansas Territory) Republican 28 May 3 Lace, Gimp, Straw, Silk, Blend, Hair and Illusion Bonnets. 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xxxv. 423 M. Doguin, who afterwards used the fine silks, and invented that popular material first called ‘zephyr’, since ‘illusion’. 1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. xiv. 207 She put on Flo's old white silk ball dress, and covered it with a cloud of fresh illusion. 1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 14 An emerald-colored illusion dress looped up after the fashion of a Dresden china shepherdess. 1873 Young Englishwoman Jan. 50/1 White muslin, trimmed with white lace, illusion veil. 1887 B. L. Farjeon While Golden Sleep 8 Pale blue silk, looped up with illusion and forget-me-nots. 1902 Daily Chron. 13 Dec. 8/4 It was trimmed with ruches of black tulle illusion. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. v. 2/3 The headpiece was a lace mantilla with an illusion veil. Compounds General attributive. C1. illusion effect n. ΚΠ 1971 Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 85 77 Differences in the magnitude of the illusion-effect were introduced. C2. illusion-disturbing adj. ΚΠ 1909 W. M. Urban Valuation ix. 275 The elimination of illusion-disturbing moments is a conscious process. illusion-proof adj. ΚΠ 1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan p. xvi Napoleon or any other illusionproof genius. Derivatives iˈllusionless adj. not characterized by illusions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > lack of imagination > [adjective] positive1594 literal1633 unprojecting1647 pounds, shillings, and pence?1650 matter of fact1712 unvisionary1794 unimaginative1814 literalist1838 literal-mindeda1849 visionless1856 realistic1862 terre-à-terre1888 pragmatical1896 illusionless1897 cookie cutter1922 down to earth1922 1897 G. B. Shaw in Academy 16 Jan. 67/2 Illusionless conversation..when the old people in Ibsen..tell each other the frozen truth. 1964 S. Bellow Herzog 229 His face was illusionless, without need of hypocrisy. 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