pseudo-hallucinatoryadj.
/ˌs(j)uːdəʊhəˈl(j)uːsᵻnət(ə)ri/, /ˌs(j)uːdəʊhəˌl(j)uːsᵻˈneɪt(ə)ri/, /ˌs(j)uːdəʊhəˈl(j)uːsn̩ət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈˌsudoʊhəˈlusn̩əˌtɔri/ Psychology.
Characterized by, relating to, or of the nature of a pseudo-hallucination.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > aberrant sensory perception > [adjective]
hallucinatory1830
pseudo-hallucinatory1902
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [adjective] > pseudo-hallucination
pseudo-hallucinatory1902
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience x. 251 I refer to hallucinatory or pseudo-hallucinatory luminous phenomena, photisms, to use the term of the psychologists.
1932 S. McComb tr. F. Heiler Prayer v. 113 This inner perception of God in prayer..is sometimes so powerful that it carries all before it and calls forth pseudo-hallucinatory sensations.
1982 Psychol. Med. 12 251 Vivid, elaborate and dynamic recurrent visual pseudo-hallucinatory phenomena of a pleasant or neutral nature and often associated with ocular pathology.
1990 C. Trollope tr. L. Grinberg Goals Psycholanal. iii. 19 273 There are some [authors] who stress the existence of pseudo-hallucinatory states during the act of creation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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