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delusion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | psychotic belief |
| Type of | psychological state, mental state, mental condition, psychological condition |
| Has types | zoanthropy, delusions of grandeur, delusions of persecution, hallucination, nihilism, nihilistic delusion, somatic delusion |
| Derivation | delude, delusional |
delusion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hallucination |
| Type of | misconception |
| Has types | disorientation, freak out |
| Derivation | delude, delusional |
he has delusions of competence.
delusion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | head game, illusion |
| Type of | dissembling, deception, deceit, dissimulation |
| Derivation | delude |
Examples of delusion
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Really can't understand the delusion that Villa is the bigger derby game for us.
From the expressandstar.com
Delusion Dwellers, a 2007 charcoal and pencil drawing on paper by Laurie Lipton.
From the ocregister.com
And to be a good human is to pursue truth, minimize delusion, and minimize evil.
From the economist.com
Retiring that delusion will be hard, which is why devaluation will be unpopular.
From the economist.com
It is a total delusion to suggest that Iraq will become a nation building state.
From the economist.com
Or is the idealistic dream of art's radical independence a distracting delusion?
From the nytimes.com
He tells you straight that two-state solutions for the Middle East are delusion.
From the guardian.co.uk
That said, Germany is suffering a mass paranoid delusion about anything nuclear.
From the guardian.co.uk
The delusion is that everyone assumes better teaching means students learn more.
From the huffingtonpost.com
- (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- A mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
- The act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- (delusional) suffering from or characterized by delusions
- (delusory) deceptive: causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
- 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.
- (Delusional (song)) 8Bit Heart is the debut album by American singer-songwriter and record producer Simon Curtis. It was released March 23, 2010 for free download via Curtis' official website. simon-curtis.com - Retrieved March 26 2010 Curtis co-produced the album with Jeff "Jadion" Wells. ...
- (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.
