illusion
noun
[ ɪˈluːʒ(ə)n ]
• an instance of a wrong or misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience.
• "stripes embellish the surface to create the illusion of various wood-grain textures"
Similar:
mirage,
hallucination,
apparition,
phantasm,
phantom,
vision,
spectre,
fantasy,
figment of the imagination,
will-o'-the-wisp,
trick of the light,
ignis fatuus,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘deceiving, deception’): via Old French from Latin illusio(n- ), from illudere ‘to mock’, from in- ‘against’ + ludere ‘play’.
