ILLUSION    幻想

ENDURINGLY BELIEVE something that is NOT TRUE to be TRUE OR IMAGINE SOMETHING as REALthat is NOT REAL.
DELUSIONMISAPPREHENSIONMISCONCEPTIONFALSE IMPRESSIONFANTASYFANCYDREAMCHIMERAFOOL'S PARADISESELF-DECEPTION.DELUDED MISTAKEMISTAKEN
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 ／
Hypernym
  • BELIEVE　ATTITUDE IN-RELATION-TO a THINK:thought to the effect that this THOUGHT is TRUE. (anc: 6/0, child: 15)
  • ATTITUDE　RELATION between a HUMAN who FEELS and PERCEIVED OBJECTS involving a TENDENDY to REACT. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • RELATION　FEATURE of TWO OR MORE THINGS TOGETHER. (anc: 4/0, child: 15)
Other Hypernyms
  • ETHICSnew-52cc6eb1-7ca0-4b9e-8c6e-b17ca08b9e06　PRINCIPLES IN-RELATION-TO the JUDGMENT of BEHAVIOUR as MORE OR LESS GOOD OR MORE OR LESS BAD. (anc: 16/2, child: 1)
  • PHILOSOPHYnew-437c69e5-b5d1-499d-bc69-e5b5d1199ddc　SYSTEMATIC STUDY AIMING for WISDOM AND AIMING to be BASED on SYSTEMATIC EXPLAIN:explanation AND PROVE:proof. (anc: 15/1, child: 4)
  • STUDYnew-6550b492-d4e4-45ba-90b4-92d4e425ba10　INVESTIGATE THINGS OR IMITATE ANOTHER so as to STRIVE FOR SKILLFULNESS, KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING. (anc: 14/0, child: 4)
  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    ILLUSIO

  • Woerterbuch der Philosophie. Neue Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache ( MAUTHNER WP 1924) p. II.154

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 4.204

    ILLUSION

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 197

  • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p.

    • Words (4 items)

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