hallucination
perception in the presence of no external stimuli found, but characteristic of true perception
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Summary
hallucination is a symptom or sign[1]. hallucination ranks in the top 7% of symptom or sign entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,518 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: psychopathological symptom[3], disruption[4], perceptual distortion[5], general symptom[6]
- Part of: fantasy[7]
- Commons category: Hallucination[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hallucinations[9]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C37961[14]
- Different from: illusion[15], imagination[16], delusion[17]
- Health specialty: psychiatry[18], medical psychology[19], psychotherapy[20]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000738[21], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000607[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
- Does not have characteristic: control[24]
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Influence
Things named for hallucination include Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii[25], a musical group[26], in Soviet Union[27], founded in 1989[28].
Why It Matters
hallucination has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] hallucination is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for hallucination include Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii[25], a musical group[26], in Soviet Union[27], founded in 1989[28].