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Illusion

/ˌɪˈluʒən/
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(noun) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.

Permanent peace is nothing but an illusion.
This looks longer than that, but it is an optical illusion.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The magician created a clever optical ____ that made the large rabbit seem to vanish.

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