hallucinatory

  • 11hallucinatory — UK [həˈluːsɪnət(ə)rɪ] / UK [həˌluːsɪˈneɪtərɪ] / US / US [həˈlus(ə)nəˌtɔrɪ] adjective 1) causing hallucinations images inspired by the use of hallucinatory drugs 2) similar to a hallucination the hallucinatory style of the film …

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  • 12hallucinatory — /heuh looh seuh neuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions. [1820 30; HALLUCINATE + ORY1] * * * …

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  • 13hallucinatory — hallucinate ► VERB ▪ experience a seemingly real perception of something not actually present. DERIVATIVES hallucination noun hallucinator noun hallucinatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin hallucinari go astray in thought , from Greek alussein be uneasy …

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  • 14hallucinatory — adjective characterized by or characteristic of hallucination the bizarre hallucinatory dreams of fever Jean Stafford • Similar to: ↑unreal • Derivationally related forms: ↑hallucinate …

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  • 15hallucinatory epilepsy —    A term used to denote a focal type of epilepsy presenting in the form of a brief, paroxysmal, stereotyped, and irresistible hallucinatory state.    This state tends to take the form of a * complex or * compound hallucination lasting some 10… …

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  • 16hallucinatory state —    A term that tends to be used quite loosely to indicate the presence of hallucinatory phenomena, irrespective of the context in which they occur. The French term état hallucinatoire was used and possibly introduced in 1845 by the French… …

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  • 17hallucinatory twilight state —    The German term halluzinatorische Dämmerzustand (i.e. hallucinatory twilight state) was introduced in or shortly before 1926 by the German neuropsychiatrist Karl Kleist (1879 1960) to denote a type of * twilight state (i.e. a prolonged episode …

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  • 18hallucinatory disposition —    Also known as hallucinatory state and hallucinatory predisposition. The French term disposition hallucinative is indebted to the Latin noun dispositio, which means arrangement or natural tendency. It was employed, and possibly introduced, by… …

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  • 19hallucinatory halitosis —    Also designated as delusional halitosis and imaginary halitosis. All three terms are indebted to the Latin noun halitus (breath), and the word ending osis (disease, condition). The term hallucinatory halitosis is used to denote a perceived… …

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  • 20hallucinatory madness —    The German term hallucinatorisches Irresein,or hallucinatory madness, was introduced in or shortly before 1878 by the German psychiatrist Hermann Emminghaus (1845 1904) to denote a mental disorder dominated by hallucinations and *illusions (or …

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