Definitions
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- n. Plural form of illusion.
Examples
“May not some of what you call illusions, be the finer, or at least more ethereal qualities of the thing itself?”
“The death of romantic illusions is nothing compared with the destruction of the dreams and wishes you hold for, and would have wished to share with, your children.”
“But one knows that a world without easy illusions is a more human world and, perhaps, more Christian.”
The Huffington Post: Homer Simpson Is Catholic, Declares Vatican Newspaper
“This episode alone is testament to Mind over Matter, and whether you believe in illusions, magic, Scientology or smurfs; you cannot escape the fact that this man has power of mind AND that he works very hard to make the money most of you think he makes through scam or fallacy.”
“The shattering of illusions is painful, directly proportional to the magnitude of the illusion so shattered.”
“He treated the affair very lightly, laughed at her conjectures, represented the appearances she described as the illusions of a weak and timid mind, and broke up the conversation, by going to visit the chamber of Vincent, in which he remained a considerable time.”
“Science has cured us of many delusions, and it has made us the poorer by dispelling certain illusions, but it has surely made the earth a much more habitable place than it was in the pre-scientific ages.”
“Arsenal 1 Manchester United 3: Rooney the destroyer - Sharpshooter Wayne shatters Gunners 'title illusions ...”
“Arsenal 1 Manchester United 3: Rooney the destroyer - Sharpshooter Wayne shatters Gunners 'title illusions with a little help from Nani”
“-- Our curious reasoning -- Mr. Churchill on "illusions" -- The danger of war is not the illusion but its benefits -- We are all Pacifists now since we all desire”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘illusions’.
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A list of words which yield surprising, beautiful, amusing, or otherwise noteworthy images here on Wordnik.
photochrom, fufluns, thank you, cool l..., postcard, picture postcard, cricket, physiological ill..., Gakuryū Ishii, ametropia, One Froggy Evening, rhodopsin, Santiago Calatrava and 636 more...
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You're a SUPER Hero!
List as many "super" powers as you can think of! Anything that would be called for example "super strength", please remove the first word and list only the second word Thanks!
flight, flying, hovering, strength, invisibility, intelligence, psychic, telekinesis, smell, touch, taste, hearing and 47 more...
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zzyyxx's Words
plethora, drout, functional, rye, wring, doubt, cognative, weird, gnaw, surcease, rend, languish and 438 more...
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Ultrapow
A mighty myriad of Mister Mxyzptlk manifestation. This list leans towards one-word superpowers and occasionally the ridiculous.
Spin-off lists: Ultrafrow - absurd powers, Flossational...telepathy, psychometry, retrocognition, precognition, clairvoyance, mediumship, illusions, mind-control, mindblast, telekinesis, thermokinesis, quantokinesis and 142 more...
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Doctor Faustus
Various words from the play by Christopher Marlowe.
Good Angel, Bad Angel, pride, covetousness, envy, wrath, gluttony, sloth, lechery, vintner, horse-courser, Helen of Troy and 148 more...
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Dewdrops
Sparkling words I love :3
photograph, maelstrom, necromancy, pristine, cremation, euphamism, railway, xeric, journey, smear, crypt, gangrene and 43 more...
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Russo Vocab Test
ostracize, innumerable, chiffonier, qualm, compulsory, sadism, masochism, falsetto, liberate, rile, pacifist, unscrupulous and 56 more...
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The literature of eschatology
In my beginning is my end.
The end is where we start from. (T.S. Eliot).
The end is the beginning is the end.
(Smashing Pumpkins).
Books whose titles begin ...nature, science, medicine, history, food, oil, shareholder value, finance, software, globalization, politics, laissez-faire and 23 more...
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sighlence's Words
smolder, concupiscence, apothecary, parchment, inky, disintegration, porcelain, leather, flicker, willow, osier, sidereal and 52 more...
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