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illusion

[ih-loo-zhuhn] / ɪˈlu ʒən /


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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

“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

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One on Monday, actress Juliet Stevenson praised Pike's actions, underlining how actors and audiences share a mutual "responsibility" in maintaining the "illusion" of an "imaginative world".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

“I just wanna know how to use it for simple stuff, like to draw an illusion to make my room look clean or ways to use it on a gamer troll.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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