illusion
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It treats all of eternity — that is, all of space-time — as an existing structure, and takes the passage of time to be an illusion.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
"His followers are not seeing actual truth, but a version of reality that they want to believe is true. The illusion is powerful."
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The saber-toothed cat that appears mirage-like through a window, an optical illusion known as a Pepper’s Ghost, doesn’t reflect modern knowledge of the animal’s anatomy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
“Sooner or later, these worlds of illusion and reality must clash. And now it is happening in the most painful form.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The stairs curve and stretch toward an unseen bottom floor, so tall and disorienting that it looks like an optical illusion.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing illusion
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English Words Derived from French, List 1
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