Hallucinatory
adjective
Related to images and sensations that are not real or true, but appear real due to mental illness or drugs.
After taking the drug, he experienced hallucinatory visions of flying dragons.
Often appears as...
- hallucinatory effects
- hallucinatory drugs
adjective
Creating a distorted or unreal view or understanding of something.
His hallucinatory interpretation of the poem left the audience bewildered.
Often appears as...
- hallucinatory interpretation
- hallucinatory depiction
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Related to images and sensations that are not real or true, but appear real due to mental illness or drugs.
After taking the drug, he experienced hallucinatory visions of flying dragons.
Often appears as...
- hallucinatory effects
- hallucinatory drugs
adjective
Creating a distorted or unreal view or understanding of something.
His hallucinatory interpretation of the poem left the audience bewildered.
Often appears as...
- hallucinatory interpretation
- hallucinatory depiction
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Drug Influence
Used for experiences induced by substance use, highlighting their unreality.
The patient reported hallucinatory effects after starting her new medication.
Pro Tip 2/3Mental Health
Applied when discussing symptoms of certain mental health conditions.
Schizophrenia can cause hallucinatory phenomena like hearing voices.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Although often linked with illness, it can describe any unreal experience, sometimes in creative work.
The artist's hallucinatory landscapes draw viewers into an imaginary world.
Pro Tip 1/3Drug Influence
Used for experiences induced by substance use, highlighting their unreality.
The patient reported hallucinatory effects after starting her new medication.
Pro Tip 2/3Mental Health
Applied when discussing symptoms of certain mental health conditions.
Schizophrenia can cause hallucinatory phenomena like hearing voices.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Although often linked with illness, it can describe any unreal experience, sometimes in creative work.
The artist's hallucinatory landscapes draw viewers into an imaginary world.
Pro Tip 1/3Drug Influence
Used for experiences induced by substance use, highlighting their unreality.
The patient reported hallucinatory effects after starting her new medication.
Pro Tip 2/3Mental Health
Applied when discussing symptoms of certain mental health conditions.
Schizophrenia can cause hallucinatory phenomena like hearing voices.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Although often linked with illness, it can describe any unreal experience, sometimes in creative work.
The artist's hallucinatory landscapes draw viewers into an imaginary world.
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How much of what you see...
But it’s clear that hallucinatory experiences are much more closely tied to ordinary perception than we once thought. And by studying hallucinations, we stand to learn a great deal about how our brains construct the world we see, hear, smell,
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Never, ever give up PIPE...
another 12, 24 hours in the saltwater ..." -- the whole thing -- I just thought, in my hallucinatory moment, that I heard the word "tracheotomy." Bonnie said to the doctor, "I'm not worried about her not breathing.
Video examples
How much of what you see...
But it’s clear that hallucinatory experiences are much more closely tied to ordinary perception than we once thought. And by studying hallucinations, we stand to learn a great deal about how our brains construct the world we see, hear, smell,
Video examples
Never, ever give up PIPE...
another 12, 24 hours in the saltwater ..." -- the whole thing -- I just thought, in my hallucinatory moment, that I heard the word "tracheotomy." Bonnie said to the doctor, "I'm not worried about her not breathing.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Alexander Chee
American Writer
The beauty of Maine is such that you can't really see it clearly while you live there. But now that I've moved away, with each return it all becomes almost hallucinatory: the dark blue water, the rocky coast with occasional flashes of white sand, the jasper stone beaches along the coast, the pine and fir forests somehow vivid in their stillness.
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Susannah Cahalan
American Journalist
The true story of how my husband, Stephen, and I exchanged our first 'I love you's' - chronicled in my 2012 memoir 'Brain on Fire' - occurred deep in a hallucinatory psychotic episode outside a crowded Maplewood, NJ, restaurant.
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James Wolcott
American Critic
With 'Black Swan,' the ballerina saga flips its tiara and goes on a hallucinatory bender, a scary acid trip where transfiguration and disfiguration meet.
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Michael Shellenberger
American Author
The idea that we're going to replace oil and natural gas with solar and wind, and nothing else, is a hallucinatory delusion.
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Barbet Schroeder
French Director
Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?
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Daniel Day-Lewis
British Actor
I had a very vivid, almost hallucinatory moment in which I was engaged in a dialogue with my father.
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Alexander Chee
American Writer
The beauty of Maine is such that you can't really see it clearly while you live there. But now that I've moved away, with each return it all becomes almost hallucinatory: the dark blue water, the rocky coast with occasional flashes of white sand, the jasper stone beaches along the coast, the pine and fir forests somehow vivid in their stillness.
Quote examples
Susannah Cahalan
American Journalist
The true story of how my husband, Stephen, and I exchanged our first 'I love you's' - chronicled in my 2012 memoir 'Brain on Fire' - occurred deep in a hallucinatory psychotic episode outside a crowded Maplewood, NJ, restaurant.
Quote examples
James Wolcott
American Critic
With 'Black Swan,' the ballerina saga flips its tiara and goes on a hallucinatory bender, a scary acid trip where transfiguration and disfiguration meet.
Quote examples
Michael Shellenberger
American Author
The idea that we're going to replace oil and natural gas with solar and wind, and nothing else, is a hallucinatory delusion.
Quote examples
Barbet Schroeder
French Director
Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?
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Daniel Day-Lewis
British Actor
I had a very vivid, almost hallucinatory moment in which I was engaged in a dialogue with my father.
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