Meanings
nounoptical illusion (plural optical illusions)
plural optical illusions
- An image that is visually deceptive or misleading.
Each show spans over 180 minutes, including 40-plus songs from at least nine albums; there are 16 costume changes, pyrotechnics, an optical illusion in which she appears to dive into the stage and swim, and not one but two cottagecore worlds, which feature an abundance of moss.
2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023
Translations
Afrikaans optiese illusie
- optiese illusieimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Arabic خداع بصري
- خداع بصريimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Catalan il·lusió òptica
- il·lusió òpticaimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Chinese Mandarin 視覺效果 /视觉效果, 視錯覺 /视错觉
- 視覺效果 /视觉效果 (shìjué xiàoguǒ)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
- 視錯覺 /视错觉 (shìcuòjué)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
Czech optický klam
- optický klamimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Dutch gezichtsbedrog
- gezichtsbedrogimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Finnish optinen harha, näköharha
- optinen harhaimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
- näköharhaimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
French illusion d'optique
- illusion d'optiqueimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
German optische Täuschung
- optische Täuschungimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Greek οφθαλμαπάτη
- οφθαλμαπάτη (ofthalmapáti)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
Hebrew אשליה אופטית
- אשליה אופטית (ashlaya optit)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
Hungarian optikai csalódás
- optikai csalódásimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Icelandic sjónvilla
- sjónvillaimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Italian illusione ottica
- illusione otticaimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Japanese 錯視, 目の錯覚
- 錯視 (sakushi)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
- 目の錯覚 (me no sakkaku)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
Korean 착시, 착시현상
- 착시 (chaksi)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
- 착시현상 (chaksihyeonsang)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
- 착시효과 (chaksihyogwa)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
- 눈의 착각 (nun-ui chakgak)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
Norwegian optisk illusjon, optisk bedrag
- optisk illusjonimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
- optisk bedragimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
- synsbedragimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Polish złudzenie optyczne
- złudzenie optyczneimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Portuguese ilusão de óptica, ilusão de ótica
- ilusão de ópticaimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
- ilusão de óticaimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Russian опти́ческая иллю́зия
- опти́ческая иллю́зия (optíčeskaja illjúzija)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
Spanish ilusión óptica
- ilusión ópticaimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Swedish synvilla
- synvillaimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Tagalog linlang-tingin
- linlang-tinginimage that is visually deceptive or misleading
Ukrainian опти́чна ілю́зія
- опти́чна ілю́зія (optýčna iljúzija)image that is visually deceptive or misleading
Cite this entry
APA
optical illusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optical%20illusion
MLA
“optical illusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optical%20illusion. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “optical illusion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optical%20illusion.
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