ψευδαίσθηση

Greek

Etymology

From ψευδ- (psevd-, “pseudo-”) +‎ αίσθηση (aísthisi, “feeling”), on the model of παραίσθηση (paraísthisi).[1] First attested as Katharevousa ψευδαίσθησις (psevdaísthisis) in 1888.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pseˈvðe.sθi.si/
  • with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tim‿bzeˈvðe.sθi.si/
  • Hyphenation: ψευ‧δαί‧σθη‧ση

Noun

ψευδαίσθηση • (psevdaísthisi) f (plural ψευδαισθήσεις)

  1. illusion, hallucination
  2. (psychology) delusion

Declension
declension of ψευδαίσθηση
case     \     number singular plural
nominative ψευδαίσθηση • ψευδαισθήσεις •
genitive ψευδαίσθησης • ψευδαισθήσεων •
accusative ψευδαίσθηση • ψευδαισθήσεις •
vocative ψευδαίσθηση • ψευδαισθήσεις •
Older or formal genitive singular: ψευδαισθήσεως •

References
  1. ψευδαίσθηση - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. «ψευδαίσθησις 88» [1888] at page 1129, Volume 2 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. [A collection of new words created by scholars from the fall of Constantinople until our times] Volumes: 2 (@anemi)

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