Translation of "Sinnestäuschung" in English

A mirage is said to be an illusion.

So why the widespread misperception that the system failed?

Another common reason for the collective misperception is misplaced nostalgia.

Little by little, this hallucination was succeeded by a less bewildered and exaggerating view.

Do not think that it was a delusion, Holmes.

The visible world is feeded by the hallucination–

I thought perhaps the whole thing was a delusion.

I thought of an illusion, but I knew that it was nothing of the kind.

Purity of heart brings freedom from widespread eroticism and avoids entertainment inclined to voyeurism and illusion.

Or was it a hallucination?

And next, ladies and gentlemen, the Magnificent Romick... will perform his last and most dangerous illusion.

Now that misperception is precisely why the GOP needs better celebrities, and a black celebrity such as yourself would really make us look good.