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ignis fatuus
noun as in illusion
Weak matches
- apparition
- bubble
- chimera
- confusion
- daydream
- deception
- deja vu
- delusion
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment of imagination
- fool's paradise
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- hocus-pocus
- idolism
- ignus fatuus
- image
- invention
- make believe
- mirage
- misapprehension
- misbelief
- misconception
- misimpression
- mockery
- myth
- optical illusion
- paramnesia
- phantasm
- phantasma
- pipe dream
- rainbow
- seeming
- semblance
- trip
- virtual reality
- will-o'-the-wisp
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Example Sentences
This was doubtless a true ignis fatuus, and the circumstances necessary to produce it were then present, viz.
Thus far the Hofrath; who vanishes, as is his wont, too like an Ignis Fatuus, leaving the dark still darker.
Still the ignis fatuus of a shorter route to India tantalized the early navigators.
He had not been imposed upon by his fancy; he had not been deceived by some ignis fatuus.
It is, in truth, a shadow as intangible as our own; an ignis fatuus of our being.
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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ignis fatuus, such as: apparition, bubble, chimera, confusion, daydream, and deception.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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