Definition

Adjective: 1. Relating to or resembling a hallucination: Characterized by the experience of perceiving things that are not actually present, or having sensations that seem real but are created by the mind. It describes something that has the quality of a hallucination. 2. Inducing or capable of inducing hallucinations: Having the power to cause such sensory experiences, often in reference to substances or states.

Examples of Usage

Advanced Usage

• "Hallucinatory intensity": Used to describe an experience, image, or memory that is so vivid it feels unreal or dreamlike, as if it were a hallucination.
  • The memory of the accident came back to him with hallucinatory intensity.
• "Hallucinatory realism": A term sometimes used in literary or art criticism to describe a style that blends realistic detail with dreamlike or unreal qualities.
  • The novel is noted for its hallucinatory realism, making the familiar world seem strange.

Variants and Related Words

• Hallucinate (verb): To experience a hallucination.
  • The lack of sleep caused him to hallucinate.
• Hallucination (noun): The experience of seeing, hearing, or sensing something that is not present.
  • The hallucination was so vivid she was convinced it was real.
• Hallucinogen (noun): A substance that causes hallucinations.
  • Psilocybin is a naturally occurring hallucinogen.

Synonyms

• Illusory: Based on illusion; not real.
• Phantasmagoric: Having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as in a dream.
• Delusional: Characterized by fixed false beliefs, often overlapping with sensory misperception.
• Visionary: Resembling or characteristic of a vision (can imply either a hallucination or a prophetic insight).

Antonyms

• Real
• Actual
• Tangible
• Veridical (corresponding to facts or reality)

Adjective

1. characterized by or characteristic of hallucination
   • the bizarre hallucinatory dreams of fever- Jean Stafford