ILLUSION  幻想

ENDURINGLY BELIEVE something that is NOT TRUE to be TRUE OR IMAGINE SOMETHING as REALthat is NOT REAL.ENDURINGLY IMAGINED to be REAL WHEN IT is NOT REAL.
DELUSIONMISAPPREHENSIONMISCONCEPTIONFALSE IMPRESSIONFANTASYFANCYDREAMCHIMERAFOOL'S PARADISESELF-DECEPTION.DELUDED MISTAKEMISTAKEN
Hypernym
  • BELIEVEATTITUDE IN-RELATION-TO a THINK:thought to the effect that this THOUGHT is TRUE.
    • ATTITUDERELATION between a HUMAN who FEELS and PERCEIVED OBJECTS involving a TENDENDY to REACT.
      • RELATIONFEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
Old Chinese Criteria
This concept was elaborated in Buddhism, but transferred uses of words like xū 虛 "empty, illusory" do perhaps convey the meaning in pre-Buddhist Chinese.

Modern Chinese Criteria
幻想

空想

玄想

痴想

妄想

白日夢

美夢

大夢

春夢

痴心妄想

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

Words

幻  huàn OC: ɢʷreens MC: ɦɣɛn 7 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabactact of creating illusions
  • nabeventillusion, phantom
  • vadNillusory
妄  wàng OC: maŋs MC: mi̯ɐŋ 4 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabmistaken illusion
  • vadNillusory, pointless
空虛  kōng xū OC: khooŋ qhla MC: khuŋ hi̯ɤ 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabempty illusions, disorientated illusionsCH
  • VPadNillusory
化  huà OC: hŋʷraals MC: hɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabpsychphantom???

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