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insanity(noun, illness, foolishness, irrationality, senselessness)
8
rainbow(noun, desire, fancy, informal, idea)
7
fiction(noun, fancy, idea, impression, real)
7
misconception(noun, confusion, deception, belief, fault)
6
aberration(noun, neglect, confusion, deception, fault)
6
ignis fatuus(noun, expression, idiom, fancy, spirit)
6
imagination(noun, creativity, power, desire, fancy)
6
legerdemain(noun, power, taboo, supernatural, magic)
6
mistake(noun, deception, lapse, vision, error)
6
phantasmagoria(noun, trip, vision, dream, hallucination)
5
appearance(noun, feeling, sound, desire, fancy)
5
bubble(noun, desire, fancy, informal, idea)
5
conjuration
5
conjuring trick(noun, expression, idiom)
5
daydream(noun, desire, fancy, spirit, idea)
5
invention(noun, creativity, desire, fancy, idea)
5
magic trick(noun, expression, idiom)
5
misbelief(noun, trip, fancy, confusion, deception)
5
spirit(noun, dream, revelation, delusion, ghost)
5
untruth(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood)
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