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. lxxxxiiii^v 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.

ΘΚΠ

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 .

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.

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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).

单词	delusion
释义	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. lxxxxiiii^v 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.c1420
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