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- Dictionaryhal·lu·ci·na·to·ry/həˈlo͞osənəˌtôrē/
adjective
- 1. of or resembling a hallucination: "a hallucinatory fantasy"
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1. : tending to produce hallucination. hallucinatory drugs. 2. : resembling, involving, or being a hallucination. hallucinatory dreams. a hallucinatory figure. Examples of hallucinatory in a Sentence.
relating to or causing hallucinations (= experiences in which you see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist): In some patients the drug has been found to have hallucinatory side effects. He heard hallucinatory voices telling him what to do. She had a number of hallucinatory episodes.
relating to or causing hallucinations (= experiences in which you see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist): In some patients the drug has been found to have hallucinatory side effects. He heard hallucinatory voices telling him what to do. She had a number of hallucinatory episodes.
: a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine)
Hallucinatory definition: pertaining to or characterized by hallucination. See examples of HALLUCINATORY used in a sentence.
If you sense something hallucinatory, it's either not really there — it's an actual hallucination, an illusory perception — or it's as dreamlike or fantastic as a hallucination. You could describe strange dreams, surreal art, and bizarre movies as hallucinatory, for example.
a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images. Synonyms: aberration, phantasm.
