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delude::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cozen, deceive, lead on |
| Type of | victimize, victimise |
| Has types | betray, cheat, cheat on, chisel, cuckold, ensnare, entrap, flim-flam, fob, fool, fox, frame, gull, hoax, humbug, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, pull someone's leg, sell, set up, shill, trick, befool, wander |
| Derivation | delusion, delusive, delusory |
Examples of delude
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Howard doesn't delude himself that he's still a 22-point, eight-rebound All-Star.
From the newsobserver.com
Come spring I must pay for my season of neglect, deny the problem, delude myself.
From the denverpost.com
Oh, and the discussions are not all about you, so please don't delude yourself.
From the en.wikipedia.org
People delude themselves and just eat more in the belief they're eating healthily.
From the independent.co.uk
It's easier to delude ourselves by pretending everything's OK even when it's awful.
From the kentucky.com
I can no longer delude myself into thinking that childbirth is still a possibility.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
You delude yourself if you think Macedonia is such a tempting piece of real estate.
From the economist.com
So I don't want to delude myself that my material achievements are important.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
But in doing so, we delude ourselves, as well as do a disservice to high achievers.
From the forbes.com
- Deceive: be false to; be dishonest with
- (delusion) (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- (delusion) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
- (delusion) the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- A delusion is a fixed belief that is either false, fanciful, or derived from deception. In psychiatry, it is defined to be a belief that is pathological (the result of an illness or illness process) and is held despite evidence to the contrary. ...
- Blu00E6ndvu00E6rk is a 1955 Danish crime film drama directed by Johan Jacobsen. The film stars Mimi Heinrich.
- (Delusions (album)) Delusions is the second album from UK progressive metal band To-Mera. Its style is similar to their debut Transcendental, with a lot of the same aspects as that album.
- To deceive someone into believing something which is false
- (deluded) Being affected by delusions
