Wondering how to use Illusion in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as deception or dissimulation.
Illusion in a sentence
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Illusion meaning
- Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
- A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
- A magician’s trick.
Synonyms of Illusion
Using Illusion
- The main meaning on this page is: Anything that seems to be something that it is not. | A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true. | A magician’s trick.
- Useful related words include: deception, conjuring trick, magic trick, dissimulation.
- In the example corpus, illusion often appears in combinations such as: the illusion, illusion of, an illusion.
Context around Illusion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Illusion
- In this selection, "illusion" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, balducci, permanent, inside, permanent, contrasting and based stand out and add context to how "illusion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and an illusion was her and as an illusion. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "illusion" sits close to words such as alignment, conversely and disturbance, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with illusion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Motion illusion : contrasting colors create the illusion of motion. (9 words)
And the sporadic burnt orange patches only add to this questionable illusion. (12 words)
As a child of a Holocaust survivor, I am under no such illusion. (13 words)
Only day-dreamers like Dr Masimba Mavaza are still hanging on to the illusion of mega deals, jobs for everyone, etc. An illusion because with no foreign direct investment to kick start the economy now in a comatose state Zimbabwe is going nowhere. (43 words)
Although the rest of the series is set to follow Joel's journey with Ellie, it begs the question is Parker will ever return as Sarah in possible flashbacks, or even as an illusion. (34 words)
Elizabeth was happy to play the part, "The metaphor of drama is an appropriate one for Elizabeth's reign, for her power was an illusion—and an illusion was her power. (31 words)
Are Fool Us and Masters of Illusion still premiering this Friday or are they being delayed due to thus? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Additionally, the 20 level pundit with this authority may make such an illusion permanent, with only one such permanent illusion in place at any given time.
Only day-dreamers like Dr Masimba Mavaza are still hanging on to the illusion of mega deals, jobs for everyone, etc. An illusion because with no foreign direct investment to kick start the economy now in a comatose state Zimbabwe is going nowhere.
Unlike the small-footprint but bigger-on-the-inside illusion of Kusama’s works, this piece occupies quite a large space but gives the optical illusion of compression.
Elizabeth was happy to play the part, "The metaphor of drama is an appropriate one for Elizabeth's reign, for her power was an illusion—and an illusion was her power.
However, in his 1906 essay L'illusion cinématographique (in L'évolution créatrice; English: The cinematic illusion in Creative Evolution), he rejects film as an exemplification of what he had in mind.
Motion illusion : contrasting colors create the illusion of motion.
The lovers declare illusion to be reality, the actors declare reality to be illusion.
Themes Reality and Illusion While other plays establish the difference between reality and illusion, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starts out with the latter but leans to the former.
There is a big difference however between being "space and illusion" and being "space-like" and "illusion-like".
The reverse Balducci illusion is similar to the Balducci illusion, but the magician faces towards the audience at a 90-degree angle rather than facing away.
The Shepard illusion of the changing table citation is an example of an illusion based on distortions in shape constancy.
Above ground it is manifested only by a glass-walled fountain, perhaps an illusion to the confusion between the iPhone screen and reality.
Although there are options for the more casual gamer, Disney Illusion Island should satisfy the hardcore as well.
Although the rest of the series is set to follow Joel's journey with Ellie, it begs the question is Parker will ever return as Sarah in possible flashbacks, or even as an illusion.
Although this courtroom sequence is later revealed as an illusion, it still reflects Mel's affection for the Time Lord.
And the sporadic burnt orange patches only add to this questionable illusion.
Anyone chuffed to get a hefty pay rise over the past year without considering whether, after inflation, they can actually buy more has fallen prey to the illusion.
Are Fool Us and Masters of Illusion still premiering this Friday or are they being delayed due to thus?
As a child of a Holocaust survivor, I am under no such illusion.
At a minimum, the ball flew over the right upright and created an illusion.
Common combinations with illusion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the illusion 74×
- illusion of 51×
- an illusion 44×
- illusion that 37×
- no illusion 16×
- optical illusion 14×
- of illusion 9×
- illusion to 7×
- illusion is 6×
- and illusion 5×