παραίσθηση

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek παραίσθησις (paraísthēsis, “misperception”) with semantic loan from French hallucination.[1] By surface analysis, παρ- (par-) +‎ αίσθηση (aísthisi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈrɛsθisi/

Noun

παραίσθηση • (paraísthisi) f (plural παραισθήσεις)

  1. illusion
  2. hallucination

Usage notes

  • παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) denotes a misperception of an external sensory stimulus. By contrast, ψευδαίσθηση (psevdaísthisi) denotes a hallucination arising in the mind in the absence of an external sensory stimulus.

Declension

Declension of παραίσθηση
singular plural
nominative παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) παραισθήσεις (paraisthíseis)
genitive παραίσθησης (paraísthisis) παραισθήσεων (paraisthíseon)
accusative παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) παραισθήσεις (paraisthíseis)
vocative παραίσθηση (paraísthisi) παραισθήσεις (paraisthíseis)

Older or formal genitive singular: παραισθήσεως (paraisthíseos)

Derived terms

  • παραισθησιακός (paraisthisiakós)
  • παραισθησιογόνος (paraisthisiogónos)

References

  1. ^ παραίσθηση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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