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单词 delusion
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delusionn.

/dɪˈl(j)uːʒən/
Forms: Also Middle English delucion.
Etymology: < Latin dēlūsion-em, noun of action from dēlūdĕre to delude v.: see -ion suffix1. (Compare rare obsolete French delusion, 16th cent. in Godefroy)
The action of deluding; the condition of being deluded.
1. The action of befooling, mocking, or cheating a person in his expectations; the fact of being so cheated or mocked. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun]
mazec1300
discomfiturea1400
delusiona1513
disappointing1533
disappointment1577
disappoint1642
heart-scald1888
dust and ashes1902
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxxxxiiiiv Whan Kyng Charlys was assertaynyd of this delusyon he was greuouslye dyscontentyd agayne the Gascoynes.
1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis 197 We haue paciently suffred many delusions, and notably the laste yere, when we made preparation at Yorke for his repaire to vs.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iv. 158 They saw all those promises were but delusions.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Delusion, a mocking, abusing or deceiving.
2. The action of befooling with false impressions or beliefs; the fact or condition of being cheated and led to believe what is false.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > action or practice of deceiving
swikingc1000
blindfolding?c1225
deceivancec1330
trechettingc1330
jugglingc1380
beguilingc1400
deceivingc1400
fagec1400
delusionc1420
sophisticationc1450
circumvention1534
illudinga1547
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
crossing1592
tricking1595
wiling?a1600
circumventing1603
practice1622
cheat1641
deluding1645
underdealing1649
amusement1658
conveyancing1676
bubbling1700
jockeyshipa1763
overreachinga1774
jockeying1779
beguilement1805
gaggery1819
trickstering1821
Jewing1842
wool-pulling1843
rigging1846
hoodwinking1858
old soldierism1866
old soldiering1867
fiddling1884
gold-bricking1901
wangling1911
finagling1926
hyping1968
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > condition of being deluded
delusionc1420
dream1489
illusion1571
hallucinationa1652
phantastry1656
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun]
swikingc1000
illusionc1340
phantoma1375
phantomya1400
delusion1526
elusion1550
falsery1594
disillusion1598
imposture1643
c1420 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes i. (R.) But he her put in delusion As he had done it for the nones.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Thess. ii. 11 God shall sende them stronge delusion, that they shuld beleve lyes.
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 177/2 Thinges..done by the deuill for our delusion.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 443 God hath justly giv'n the Nations up To thy Delusions . View more context for this quotation
1764 S. Foote Lyar iii. ii. 59 Y. Wild. By all that's sacred, Sir——. O. Wild. I am now deaf to your delusions.
1853 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 127 1176 This concealment..this delusion practised upon public opinion.
1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiii. 331 In all this there was something of the willing delusion of a people that takes its memories for hopes.
3.
a. Anything that deceives the mind with a false impression; a deception; a fixed false opinion or belief with regard to objective things, esp. as a form of mental derangement.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delusion
delusion1552
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > [noun] > instance of
error1340
misbeliefa1387
misopinion1489
delusion1552
fallacy1590
delirium1599
pseudodox1601
ignotion1647
by-opinion1670
night-philosophy1677
sphalm1715
pseudo-idea1863
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > an instance of, illusion
wielOE
illusionc1374
phantoma1375
delusion1552
allusion1595
blandation1612
prestigy1615
mirage1813
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Delusion wroughte by enchauntmente, præstigium.
1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. ii. f. 5 For that thereby men..fell headlong into divers delusions and erronious conceiptes.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 117 It shall resemble a juglers delusion.
1720 J. Gay Dione i. v, in Poems II. 446 Some dark delusion swims before thy sight.
1874 J. C. Geikie Life in Woods (ed. 2) xvi. 275 The poor fellow was only labouring under a delusion.
b. A fixed penchant for something. U.S.
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1901–2 Rep. Kansas State Board Agric. 52 There was a time when swine-breeders had a delusion for ‘dished faces’ and heavy jowls.
c. delusions of grandeur n. a false belief concerning one's personality or status, which is thought to be more important than it is. Also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delusion > types of delusion
lycanthropy1584
cynanthropy1594
hob-thrush1658
wolf-madness1663
syphilomania1815
hippanthropy1847
zoanthropy1856
boanthropy1864
megalomania1885
plutomania1890
uranomania1890
micromania1892
delusions of grandeur1909
omnipotence1916
nihilism1927
apophenia1959
apophany1960
sundowner1974
sundowning1978
1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
1937 E. St. V. Millay Conv. at Midnight i. 16 Take the electric refrigerator... Take mine... Delusions of grandeur, that's what it's got, all right; Thinks it's the Queen Mary.
1956 ‘M. Innes’ Old Hall, New Hall ii. i. 101 The University..had given them their impressive title while experiencing delusions of grandeur.
1967 P. McGerr Murder is Absurd iii. 37 Man, you really have delusions of grandeur! You think you're going to audition Mark Kendall?
4. Elusion, evasion. (Cf. delude v. 4) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > evasion of responsibility, obligation, etc.
delusion1606
evasiona1616
elusion1633
cop-out1942
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 10 That none ever after should by such delusion of the law seeke evasion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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