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ОПТИЧЕСКИЙ ОБМАН NP sing only fixed WO

1. special a visually perceived image that represents the perceived object differently from the way it is in reality

optical illusion.

2. lit sth. that seems to be real but actually is not

optical illusion

product of $.оЛ imagination.

Мечте, загадочному, таинственному не было места в его душе. То, что не подвергалось анализу опыта, практической истины, было в глазах его оптический обман... (Гончаров 1). There was no room in his soul for a dream, for anything that was enigmatic and mysterious. He regarded everything that would not stand up to the analysis of reason and objective truth as an optical illusion... (1a)